Specialized palliative outpatient clinic care involvement associated with decreased end-of-life hospital costs in cancer patients, a single center study

Table 3 Number of items [examination, day, or visit] 14 and 30 days before death

Number (n]	14 days					30 days
	PC (n = 65)		Non-PC (n = 392)			PC (n = 65]		Non-PC (n = 392)
	median	range	median	range	p-value for difference	median	range	median	range	p-value for difference
Radiology	1	0–7	2	0–17	< 0.001	2	0–7	4	0–19	< 0.0001
Microbiology	1	0–7	2	0–16	< 0.0001	2	0–9	3	0–28	< 0.0001
Radiation therapy	0	0–5	0	0–14	< 0.001	0	0–8	0	0–18	< 0.0001
Laboratory tests	28	0–88	45	0-189	< 0.0001	36	5-125	66	0-236	< 0.0001
Inpatient days	5	1–13	7	1–14	0.012	7	1–29	9	1–29	0.004
Drugs (mainly anti-cancer therapy)	0	0	0	0–5	0.024	0	0–1	0	0–7	0.001
Blood supplies	0	0–5	0	0–25	0.974	0	0–6	0	0–30	0.540
Outpatient visits	2	0–7	1	0–13	0.015	3	0–10	3	0–13	0.090
Intensive care	0	0	0	0–8,7	0.316	0	0	0	13,9	0.246

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