Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients utilizing Zaitaku and hospital care

Characteristics	Zaitaku care (n = 33)	Hospital care (n = 72)	p-value
Age (mean ± SD)	80.7 ± 12.5	80.2 ± 9.5	0.571**
Gender			1.000*
Female (%, n)	39.4% (n = 13)	40.3% (n = 29)
Male (%, n)	60.6% (n = 20)	59.7% (n = 43)
Primary diagnosis (%, n)
Cancer	66.7% (n = 22)	45.8% (n = 33)	0.060*
Dementia	39.4% (n = 13)	40.3% (n = 29)	1.000*
Oxygen (%, n)	36.4% (n = 12)	72.2% (n = 52)	0.001*
Infusion fluid (%, n)	84.8% (n = 28)	94.4% (n = 68)	0.136*
Opioids (%, n)	42.4% (n = 14)	40.3% (n = 29)	0.834*
Antibiotics (%, n)	27.3% (n = 9)	40.3% (n = 29)	0.274*

*p-values were calculated using analysis of the Fisher’s exact test

**p-value was calculated using analysis of the Wilcoxon rank sum test