Table 1 Characteristics of patients hospitalized and those not hospitalized within the 30 last days of life

Gender

 Male

178 (65%)

59 (53%)

0.025

 Female

94 (35%)

52 (47%)

Age at death (years)

 Mean

70

73

0.150

 Median

72

74

Patients with minor children

 Yes

21 (8%)

8 (7%)

0.863

 No

251 (92%)

103 (93%)

Primary malignancy

 Colorectal

52

30

 Pancreatic

42

13

 Prostate

40

14

 Breast

24

17

 Urothelial

18

5

 Bile duct

17

5

 Kidney

15

9

 Malignant melanoma

15

3

 Esophageal

14

2

 Ventricular

11

6

 Hepatic

8

0

 Cancer of unknown primary cite

6

5

 Others

10^g

2^h

Multiple primary malignancies

 Yes

13 (5%)

10 (9%)

0.114

 No

259 (95%)

101 (90%)

Anticancer treatment linesⁱ

 Never treated

67 (25%)

41 (37%)

0.015

 Treated

205 (75%)

70 (63%)

 One line

79

38

 Two lines

62

10

 Three lines

24

8

 Four lines or greater

40

14

Anticancer treatment within the last 30 DOL^j

 No

168 (62%)

86 (77%)

0.003

 Yes

104 (38%)

25 (23%)

 Chemotherapy

30^ab

2

 Targeted therapy

22^acd

2^f

 Check-point-inhibitors

3

1

 Endocrine therapy

46^bce

21

 Radiation therapy

18^cde

0

Palliative care unit referral

 Yes

184 (68%)

79 (71%)

0.500

 No

88 (32%)

32 (29%)

Interval from PCU referral until death

 Mean (days)

99

181

< 0.001

 Median (days)

57

102

Use of PCU within the last 30 DOL^j

 Yes

155 (57%)

46 (41%)

0.006

 No

117 (43%)

65 (59%)

Interval from diagnosis until death

 Mean (days)

677

763

0.471

 Median (days)

275

326