Table 3

Functional Trajectory Before Hospice by Hospice Admission Diagnosis

Functional TrajectoryCancer, No. (%)Neurodegenerative, No. (%)Cardiac, No. (%)Vascular, No. (%)Respiratory, No. (%)Other Organ Failure, No. (%)Frailty/Debility, No. (%)Total, No. (%)
Late decline9 (25.7)1 (2.2)0 (0.0)1 (7.14)2 (18.2)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)23 (10.8)
Accelerated2 (16.2)0 (0.0)4 (11.8)4 (28.6)0 (0.0)1 (6.7)2 (10.0)23 (10.8)
Moderate2 (29.7)5 (11.1)7 (20.6)3 (21.4)0 (0.0)5 (33.3)3 (15.0)45 (21.1)
Progressively severe5 (20.3)6 (13.3)16 (47.1)3 (21.4)6 (54.6)3 (20.0)4 (20.0)53 (24.9)
Persistently severe6 (8.1)33 (73.3)7 (20.6)3 (21.4)3 (27.3)6 (40.0)11 (55.0)69 (32.4)
  • Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.