Table 2.
Comparison of Outcomes
| Outcome | Hospitalist Led (n = 421) |
Oncologist Led (n = 408) |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| ALOS, days | .30 | ||||
| Mean | 5.6 | 5.2 | |||
| SD | 5.7 | 5.3 | |||
| 30-day readmission | 61 | 14 | 67 | 16 | .44 |
| New DNR orders | 77 | 18 | 76 | 19 | .90 |
| Nosocomial pneumonia | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.7 | .63 |
| Nosocomial UTI | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.7 | .63 |
| Radiographic studies per patient | .11 | ||||
| Mean | 2.0 | 1.7 | |||
| SD | 2.7 | 2.7 | |||
| Laboratory tests ordered per patient | .27 | ||||
| Mean | 33 | 30 | |||
| SD | 38 | 40 | |||
Abbreviations: ALOS, average length of stay; DNR, do not resuscitate; SD, standard deviation; UTI, urinary tract infection.