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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jun 3;35(12):1547–1552. doi: 10.1177/1049909118779018

Table 2.

Patient Demographic Data.

Characteristics N = 80
Age, years
 Median 85
 Mean (SD) 85.9(14.7)
Gender
 Female 53 (66.3%)
 Male 27 (33.7%)
Race/ethnicity
 White 43 (53.7%)
 Black 13 (16.3%)
 Hispanic 17(21.3%)
 Asian 5 (6.2%)
 Other 2 (2.5%)
Hospice diagnosis
 Cancer 36 (45%)
 Noncancer 44 (55%)
Length of stay, days
 Median 24.5
 Mean 77.5

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.