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Mean length of stay and mean total hospital costs for patients who died during hospital admission, stratified by region and palliative care receipt. PC = palliative care. LOS = length of stay.
| NORTHEAST | SOUTH | MIDWEST | WEST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO PC | PC | P-VALUE | NO PC | PC | P-VALUE | NO PC | PC | P-VALUE | NO PC | PC | P-VALUE | |
|
MEAN LOS (Days) |
17.8 | 16.9 | 0.62 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 0.09 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 0.17 | 14.4 | 12.6 | 0.22 |
|
MEAN COSTS (USD) |
54,039 | 47,383 | 0.22 | 43,015 | 44,517 | 0.68 | 40,471 | 46,469 | 0.18 | 61,069 | 61,283 | 0.98 |
