Table 4.

Unadjusted Medicare Expenditures in the Last 30 Days of Life: For Residents with Earlier Initial Palliative Care Consultations (31–180 Days before Death), and Their Matched Controls

Outcomes	With PC Consultation Expenditures, (95% CI)	Without PC Consultation Expenditures, (95% CI)
Total Expenditures in last 30 days of life ($)	6,462 (5,272, 7,653)	6,372 (5,507, 7,236)
Inpatient Expenditures in last 30 days of life ($)	1,559 (682, 2,436)	2,224 (1,591, 2,857)
Hospice Expenditures in last 30 days of life ($)	2,800 (2,265, 3,335)	1,814 (1,433, 2,196)
Skilled Nursing Facility Expenditures in last 30 days of life ($)	1,920 (1,214, 2,626)	2,058 (1,511, 2,605)

^*p < .05