Table 2.
Hospital outcomes and other significant factors stratified by low and high Palliative Performance Scale.
| n (%) | Low PPS n = 134 |
High PPS n = 240 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICU admission | 33 (25%) | 82 (34%) | 0.055 |
| Intubation | 32 (24%) | 56 (23%) | 0.905 |
| New onset dialysis | 8 (6 %) | 21 (9%) | <0.0001 |
| Do not intubate order | 47 (35%) | 21 (9%) | <0.0001 |
| Do not resuscitate order | 77 (57%) | 53 (22%) | <0.0001 |
| Comfort measures only | 45 (34%) | 20 (8%) | <0.0001 |
| Length of stay median (IQR) | 6 (3, 10) | 7 (4, 13) | 0.034 |
| Discharge disposition | |||
| Home | 36 (27%) | 156 (65%) | <0.0001 |
| Skilled nursing facility/long-term care facility | 24 (18%) | 7 (3 %) | |
| Acute rehab facility | 1 (1%) | 10 (4%) | |
| Prison | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) | |
| Hospice | 9 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Long-term acute care facility | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Psychiatric admission | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) | |
| Transfer | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) | |
| Field hospital | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) | |
| Death | 63 (47%) | 55 (23%) | |
PPS: Palliative Performance Scale; IQR: interquartile range; ICU: intensive care unit.