Table 2.

The palliative appropriateness criteria (PAC) score and observed survival outcomes in 287 treatment courses

Score	Number, percent	Median survival (days)a	Death within 30 days from start, percentb
0	109, 38	392	4
1	85, 30	107	16
2	56, 20	88	16
3	24,8	74	25
4	9, 3	83	22
5	3, 1	110	33
6	1, 0	29	100

^afrom actuarial Kaplan–Meier curves, p < 0.001 (log-rank test, pooled over all seven strata)

^bp = 0.002 (chi-square test)