Table 2.

Symptom burden and referral to palliative care.

	Initial visit	1st Follow-up % (n)
Number of patients	604	240
Symptom Burden
Total ESAS Score, mean (Std; range)	19.9 (18.1; 0–83)	20.6 (18.2; 0–83)
Emotional Subscore, mean (Std; range)	3.6 (4.9; 0–20)	3.8 (5.1; 0–20)
Physical Subscore, mean (Std; range)	15.4 (13.8; 0–61)	15.7 (13.8; 0–69)
Patients with at least 1 ESAS score >=7, % (n)	41.1% (248)	40.8 (98)
Referral to Palliative Care, % (n)
Received referral	3.5% (21)	1.7% (4)
Did not receive referral	96.5% (583)	98.4 (236)
Total ESAS score by referral status, mean (Std; range)
Received referral	39.1 (19.1; 13–80)	33.8 (12.2; 22–49)
Did not receive referral	19.1 (17.6; 0–83)	20.4 (18.1; 0–83)