Table 1 Patient characteristics, palliative treatment, hospital stay, and discharge status
From: Identification of hospital patients in need of palliative care – a predictive score
Characteristic | Patients with PCNs | Patients without PCNs | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Patients, N (%) | 2757 (6.9) | 37,092 (93.1) | |
Age in years, mean ± SD | 63.8 ± 14.5 | 56.5 ± 18.1 | <.001 |
Male patients, N (%) | 1569 (56.9) | 20,207 (54.5) | .013 |
Presence of relatives, N (%) | 1596 (57.9) | 22,287 (60.1) | .023 |
Palliative treatment, N (%) | 56 (2.0) | 60 (0.2) | <.001 |
Hospital stay in days, mean ± SD | 12.1 ± 14.6 | 8.6 ± 10.7 | <.001 |
Deceased, N (%) | 125 (4.5) | 940 (2.5) | <.001 |
Discharged home, N (%) | 2086 (75.7) | 30,472 (82.2) | <.001 |
Discharged to another acute care hospital or rehabilitation center, N (%) | 460 (16.7) | 4844 (13.1) | <.001 |
Discharged elsewhere (e.g. nursing home), N (%) | 86 (3.1) | 836 (2.3) | .004 |