Table 2 Palliative care and usual care patients: survival, medical utilization and life-sustaining treatment use
Palliative care | Usual care | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 336) | (n = 1344) | ||||
Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | ||
Post ED resuscitation survival days | 107.3 | 127.20 | 302.2 | 406.70 | <.0001 |
Post palliative survival days | 48.7 | 81.87 | 273.8 | 384.90 | <.0001 |
ED visit | 0.4 | 1.11 | 2.1 | 6.12 | <.0001 |
Hospitalization | 0.5 | 1.36 | 1.6 | 3.10 | <.0001 |
ICU admission | 0.003 | 0.055 | 0.014 | 0.118 | 0.011 |
OPD expense (USD) | 256.2 | 776.1 | 4477.8 | 11,980.5 | <.0001 |
Hospitalization expense (USD) | 1233.1 | 5089.0 | 5390.2 | 13,118.6 | <.0001 |
All medical expense (USD) | 1489.3 | 5312.0 | 9898.1 | 19,572.0 | <.0001 |
LST-Total LSTs usage | 9.0 | 21.20 | 22.2 | 62.35 | <.0001 |
LST-NGT feeding | 4.9 | 8.89 | 4.3 | 9.98 | 0.28 |
LST-IABP | – | – | 0.03 | 0.24 | – |
LST-ECMO | – | – | 0.02 | 0.20 | – |
LST-Hemodialysis | 1.9 | 12.61 | 13.5 | 56.94 | <.0001 |
LST-CPR | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 0.46 | <.0001 |
LST-Ventilator | 2.1 | 6.79 | 4.1 | 14.58 | 0.0003 |