. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 30.

Published in final edited form as: Palliat Med. 2019 Feb 7;33(4):452–456. doi: 10.1177/0269216318824270

Table 1.

Baseline population characteristics.

	Unmatched population^*		Matched population
	Palliative consult (n = 3415)	No palliative consult (n = 99,231)	Palliative consult (n = 3187)	One-to-many matched controls (n = 25,028)
Age (mean + SD)	72.4 (14.99)	58.1 (19.96)	72.09 (15.06)	70.13 (15.52) ^**
%Male	48.05	40.65	48.20	47.77^**
%White	68.87	69.87	68.62	70.78^**
%Married	38.04	45.91	38.50	38.56^**
%Medicare	78.65	49.59	78.38	75.32^**
%Commercial insurance	10.31	28.61	10.39	11.71^**
%Severity of illness = 4^a	46.91	6.77	46.06	22.53^*
%Risk of mortality = 4^a	42.31	6.04	41.20	20.36^*
#Comorbidities (SD)	9.96 (4.02)	5.81 (4.40)	10.12 (4.03)	9.20 (4.22)

SD: standard deviation.

Severity of illness and risk of mortality scores based on all patient-refined diagnosis-related group risk, with four representing the most severe illnesses or the highest risk of mortality.

Significant at p < 0.001.

^**

Non-significant at p > 0.25.