Table 2 Descriptive statistics of healthcare utilization, palliative care and therapy
| Â | Entire sample | Inhospital death | No Inhospital death | p-valuec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) Healthcare utilization a | 12,457 (100) | 6965 (55.9) | 5492 (44.1) | Â |
 Number of hospital days (SD) | 9.8 (8.2) | 10.9 (8.7) | 8.4 (7.3) | < 0.0001 |
 Number of outpatient doctor visits (SD) | 3.0 (2.4) | 3.1 (2.6) | 2.8 (2.2) | < 0.0001 |
 Number of outpatient hospital visits (SD) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.02 (0.1) | 0.0559 |
Palliative Care | ||||
 Inpatient palliative care N (%) | 1994 (16.0) | 1256 (18.0) | 738 (13.4) | < 0.0001 |
 Outpatient palliative care N (%) | 2388 (4.3) | 111 (1.6) | 425 (7.7) | < 0.0001 |
Chemotherapy in last 30 days of life (%) | 3009 (24.2) | 2090 (30.0) | 919 (16.7) | < 0.0001 |
Treatment b | ||||
 No treatment N (%) | 2124 (17.1) | 896 (12.9) | 1228 (22.4) | < 0.0001 |
 Chemotherapy N (%) | 2990 (24.0) | 1745 (25.1) | 1245 (22.7) | 0.002 |
 Radiotherapy N (%) | 967 (7.8) | 512 (7.4) | 455 (8.3) | 0.0532 |
 Surgery N (%) | 715 (5.7) | 421 (6.0) | 294 (5.4) | 0.0996 |
 Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy N (%) | 3169 (25.4) | 1867 (26.8) | 1302 (23.7) | < 0.0001 |
 Chemotherapy and Surgery N (%) | 1016 (8.2) | 632 (9.1) | 384 (7.0) | < 0.0001 |
 Radiotherapy and Surgery N (%) | 301 (2.4) | 158 (2.3) | 143 (2.6) | 0.2263 |
 All three types N (%) | 1175 (9.4) | 734 (10.5) | 441 (8.0) | < 0.0001 |