Use of intensive care measures and medical expenditures during the final hospitalisation between patients with and without receiving PFCCM
| With PFCCM | Without PFCCM | P value | |||
| (n=459) | (n=6384) | ||||
| ICU admission, n (%) | 100 | (21.8) | 2773 | (43.4) | <0.001 |
| Surgery, n (%) | 119 | (25.9) | 2097 | (32.9) | 0.002 |
| Invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 90 | (19.6) | 2402 | (37.6) | <0.001 |
| Non-invasive ventilation, n (%) | 52 | (11.3) | 841 | (13.2) | 0.282 |
| Tracheostomy, n (%) | 17 | (3.7) | 242 | (3.8) | 0.998 |
| Haemodialysis, n (%) | 47 | (10.2) | 846 | (13.3) | 0.073 |
| Total medical expenditure (TWD), mean (SD) | 344 423.6 | (538 058) | 387 106.2 | (635 660) | 0.438 |
| Daily medical expenditure* (TWD), mean (SD) | 10 104.6 | (7157) | 16 013.6 | (23 727) | <0.001 |
*The daily medical expenditures per patient were calculated as the total medical expenditures divided by the length of the hospital stay.
ICU, intensive care unit; PFCCM, patient-centred and family-centred care meetings; TWD, Taiwan dollars.