Outcomes from index visit stratified by palliative care involvement in deceased patients
| Total deceased patients n=135 | Deceased with palliative n=56 | Deceased with no palliative n=79 | P values | |
| Outcome: 1-year follow-up | ||||
| ED visits, mean (range) | ||||
| SOB/HF | 0.59 (0–6) | 0.75 (0–6) | 0.47 (0–3) | 0.36 |
| Other | 1.5 (0–32) | 1.1 (0–10) | 1.8 (0–23) | 0.62 |
| Admissions, mean (range) | ||||
| HF | 1.1 (0–10) | 1.4 (0–5) | 0.89 (0–3) | 0.007 |
| Other | 0.79 (0–8) | 0.72 (0–3) | 0.84 (0–6) | 0.83 |
| Heart failure clinic involvement (%) | ||||
| Prior to index visit and after | 4 (3) | 1 (2) | 3 (4) | 0.5 |
| Within 1-year follow-up | 7 (5) | 4 (7) | 3 (4) | 0.39 |
| No heart failure clinic involvement | 128 (95) | 52 (93) | 76 (96) | 0.39 |
| 2+ admissions for any reason in the last 6 months | 19 (14) | 13 (23) | 6 (8) | 0.01 |
| 2+ encounters requiring intravenous diuretics in the last 6 months | 24 (18) | 9 (16) | 15 (19) | 0.67 |
| Creatinine >200 μmol/L at index visit | 24 (18) | 14 (25) | 10 (13) | 0.07 |
HF, heart failure; SOB, shortness of breath.
Bolded values: p value <0.05.