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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Apr 22;54(1):9–16.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.03.005

Table 3.

Unadjusted Medicare Expenditures in the Last Seven Days of Life: By Residents with Later or Earlier Palliative Care (PC) Consultations (1–30 and 31–180 Days before Death, Respectively), and Their Matched Controls

Outcomes With PC Consultation Expenditures, (95% CI) Without PC Consultation Expenditures, (95% CI)
Total Expenditures in last 7 days of life ($)
 Later Consultations 4017 (3411, 4623) 4661 (4105, 5217)
 Earlier Consultations 2773 (2247, 3299) 3465 (2974, 3957)
Inpatient Expenditures in last 7 days of life ($)
 Later Consultations 853 (429, 1276) 1850 (1372, 2328)
 Earlier Consultations 374 (8, 739) 1383 (931, 1835)
Hospice Expenditures in last 7 days of life ($)
 Later Consultations 869 (627, 1112) 940 (764,1116)
 Earlier Consultations 1695 (1352, 2038) 1071 (842, 1301)
Skilled Nursing Facility Expenditures in last 7 days of life ($)
 Later Consultations 2236 (1714, 2758) 1728 (1388, 2069)
 Earlier Consultations 639 (318, 960) 842 (584, 1100)
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p < .05