Table 3 Trends in do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order and hospice care utilization variables: 2010 to 2015
Characteristics | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | p for trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DNR by disease, n (%) | ||||||||
 Cancer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.229 |
 No | 347(5.1) | 68(6.1) | 59(5.3) | 37(3.4) | 47(4.0) | 45(3.9) | 91(8.3) |  |
 Yes | 6399(94.9) | 1042(93.9) | 1044(94.7) | 1051(96.6) | 1133(96.0) | 1120(96.1) | 1009(91.7) |  |
Non-cancer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  No | 454(26.5) | 114(45.1) | 83(27.8) | 62(22.1) | 55(19.9) | 57(18.6) | 83(27.9) |  |
  Yes | 1259(73.5) | 139(54.9) | 216(72.2) | 219(77.9) | 222(80.1) | 249(81.4) | 214(72.1) |  |
Hospice care utilization by disease, n (%) | ||||||||
 Cancer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  No | 3016(44.7) | 574(51.7) | 545(49.4) | 479(44.0) | 501(42.5) | 491(42.1) | 426(38.7) |  |
  Yes | 3730(55.3) | 536(48.3) | 558(50.6) | 609(56.0) | 679(57.5) | 674(57.9) | 674(61.3) |  |
Non-cancer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  No | 1512(88.3) | 243(96.0) | 274(91.6) | 256(91.1) | 250(90.3) | 259(84.6) | 230(77.4) |  |
  Yes | 201(11.7) | 10(4.0) | 25(8.4) | 25(8.9) | 27(9.7) | 47(15.4) | 67(22.6) |  |
Number of living days after DNR order, median (IQR) | ||||||||
 Cancer | 7(18) | 6(14) | 7(17) | 7(20) | 8(20) | 8(20) | 9(19) | 0.001 |
Non-cancer | 9(27) | 7(28) | 8(23) | 11(38) | 8(22) | 10(24) | 11(31) | 0.029 |
Length of hospice enrollment in days, median (IQR) | ||||||||
 Cancer | 13(26) | 13(27) | 16(31) | 14(28) | 14(27) | 12(25) | 11(20) | 0.069 |
Non-cancer | 7(13) | 14.5(158) | 11(23) | 7(31) | 7(9) | 6(16) | 5(11) | 0.134 |
Late referral, % | ||||||||
 Cancer | 33.9 | 32.2 | 27.9 | 31.9 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 39.2 | < 0.001 |
Non-cancer | 53.2 | 30.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 51.9 | 55.3 | 58.2 | 0.144 |