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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Jul 9;52(4):507–514. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.04.005

Table 2.

Palliative Care Consult Timing Among Patients Who Received a Palliative Care Consult

Timing of First Palliative Care Consult Among Patients Who Received A Palliative Care Consult (N=293)
(# Days Prior to Death or End of Study of Palliative Care Consult/# Days from Diagnosis of Stage IV Disease until Death or End of Study)
Cancer Type N Mean Minimum Maximum Standard Deviation
Colorectal 101 0.33 0 1.00 0.35
Lung 100 0.37 0 1.00 0.32
Pancreatic 92 0.45 0 0.99 0.33