Table 3. Baseline characteristics and outcomes for the patients with potential palliative care needs and hospital length of stay ≥ 3days^a.

Characteristic		n	%
Total		8,301
Male		3, 515	42
Hispanic		2,931	35
Race/Ethnicity
	Black, non-Hispanic	2,630	32
	White, non-Hispanic	2,357	28
	More than one race	2,583	31
	Other/unknown	731	8.8
Age, mean±SD		75±15.3
Criteria	1. Inpatient death or CPR	1,244	15
	2. Nursing home resident prior to admission with 2 or more major comorbiditiies	1,075	13
	3. Age ≥ 80 and 2 or more major comorbidities	4,342	52
	4. ICU stay after LOS ≥ 10 days	410	4.9
	5. Initiation of mechanical ventilation or vasopressors after LOS ≥ 10 days	382	4.6
	6. Stage IV malignancy	1,674	20
	7. ICU stay or mechanical ventilation > 14 days	573	6.9
	8. Hospital LOS ≥ 30 days	997	12
	9. ICH requiring mechanical ventilation	127	1.5
	10. More than one ICU stay during one admission	187	2.3
	11. Multisystem organ failure ≥ 3 systems	752	9.1
Palliative care consult		1,484	18
Hospice Discharge		343	4.1
Transfer to IPU		181	2.2
DNR order		2,217	27
DNI order		1,823	22

^aLOS= hospital length of stay, CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation, MV = mechanical ventilation, ICU = intensive care unit, DNR = do-not-resuscitate, DNI = do-not-intubate, ICH = intracranial hemorrhage, IPU=Inpatient Palliative Care Unit.