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. 2020 Jul 15;23(8):1066–1075. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0501

Table 6.

Patient Outcomes

Outcome Overall (N = 397) No PC (N = 336) PC (N = 61) p No hospice (N = 326) Hospice (N = 71) p
Hospital admissions, median (IQR) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–2) 0.64 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 0.92
Days in the hospital, median (IQR) 15 (7–28) 14 (7–28) 17 (10–28.5) 0.15 14.5 (7–28) 17 (7–29) 0.48
Intensive care admission, % 47.7 44.3 66.7 0.001 48.6 43.7 0.45
Renal replacement therapy, % 22.2 21.5 26.2 0.41 22.8 19.7 0.58
Mechanical ventilation, % 40.0 37.6 53.3 0.02 40.6 37.1 0.59
Vasopressor use, % 33.2 31.1 45.0 0.04 34.6 27.1 0.23
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, % 7.1 6.9 8.2 0.79 7.7 4.2 0.44
Limited code status, % 43.0 33.8 96.4 <0.001 33.9 87.7 <0.001
Liver transplant, % 13.9 16.4 0 0.001 16.9 0 <0.001
Mortality, % 50.4 42.6 93.4 <0.001 41.1 93.0 <0.001