Table 1.
Hospice Data
| Division | Preintervention |
Postintervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n) | Median LOS, days, IQR) | % LOS ≤7 days | Patients (n) | Median LOS, days, IQR) | % LOS ≤7 days | |
| Hematology | 61 | 7 (3–16) | 54 | 73 | 7 (3.1–20.0) | 55 |
| Neuro-oncology | 24 | 33.5 (12.5–68.5) | 12.5 | 18 | 22 (9.3–29.8) | 22 |
| Breast | 25 | 20 (7–63) | 28 | 34 | 9 (4.3–20.3) | 47 |
| Gastrointestinal | 114 | 16 (8–29.9) | 24.6 | 115 | 9 (4.1–22.5) | 47 |
| Thoracic | 79 | 18 (6–40.5) | 27.8 | 77 | 12 (6.0–31.0) | 34 |
| Head & neck | 8 | 37 (6.8–71.5) | 37.5 | 20 | 9.5 (4.5–16.5) | 35 |
| Melanoma and sarcoma | 30 | 8 (2.5–33.8) | 50 | 43 | 7 (4.5–16.5) | 60 |
| Genitourinary | 53 | 16 (6–53) | 32.1 | 38 | 9 (4.3–31.8) | 42 |
| Total | 394 | 14.5 | 33.3 | 418 | 9 | 43.5 |
IQR, interquartile range; LOS, length of service.