Table 3.

Total Operating Costs, Length of Stay, and Variable Costs by Reason for Consultation (U.S. dollars) for Individual Observations in Inclusive Analysis

Days to consultation	Reason for consultation
	Goals of care n = 1485 (36.1%)			Pain management n = 1513 (36.8%)			Hospice evaluation n = 601 (14.6%)			Nonpain symptom management n = 350 (8.5%)			Support n = 162 (3.9%)
	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p	Controls	Consult	p
Total operating costs
0–1	9613	7778	<0.001*	7724	8373	0.001*	7754	4167	<0.001*	6689	6711.5	0.951	7651	8402	0.374
2–3	11,882	11,170	0.032*	10,994	12,920	<0.001*	10,700	7582	<0.001*	11,031	12,050	0.238	12,545	12,206	0.765
4–5	14,831	13,339	0.008*	15,283	17,769	0.024*	13,734	10,026	<0.001*	12,610	14,732	0.120	15,945	19,705	0.178
6–10	20,393	20,298	0.901	22,899	23,384	0.756	18,537	16,172	0.022*	19,905	21,196	0.534	25,003	28,993	0.280
Length of stay
0–1	6.1	5.1	<0.001*	5.1	5.6	<0.001*	5.1	2.6	<0.001*	5	5.6	0.058	6.4	6.4	0.905
2–3	7.4	6.9	0.006*	6.5	7.3	0.001*	6	4.1	<0.001*	6.9	7.5	0.265	8.3	7.9	0.544
4–5	9.5	8.9	0.073	9.2	10.8	0.006*	8.2	5.9	<0.001*	9.8	11.9	0.037*	11.7	10.8	0.576
6–10	12.7	12.8	0.788	13.1	13.1	0.919	11.4	9.3	<0.001*	12.8	13.6	0.546	15.6	16.4	0.706
Variable costs
0–1	3705	3091	0.059	3391	3340	0.666	3095.9	1788	<0.001*	3089	2972	0.621	3191	2892	0.897
2–3	4698	4167	0.318	4018	4393	0.126	3851	2968	<0.001*	3554	4233	0.115	4578	4195	0.908
4–5	5122	5085	0.966	5063	6148	0.053	4873	4060	0.017*	3977	5092	0.095	5127	8073	0.776
6–10	6847	8113	0.348	7310	7779	0.546	6391	6347	0.939	6938	7851	0.411	16,066	8355	0.138

^* p < 0.05.