Table 2: Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

	Acute Geriatric Unit (n = 58)		Palliative Care Unit (n = 59)
	n	%	n	%	p
Gender					.854
- Man	29	50.0	28	47.5
- Woman	29	50.0	31	52.5
Trajectory of dying					<.001
- Cancer	14	24.1	56	94.9
- Organ failure	36	62.1	3	5.1
- 'Frailty'	4	6.9	0	0.0
- Others	4	6.9	0	0.0
Age°	84.6	85.8 - 5.91	81.9	81.9 - 4.39	.001
Length of stay°	10.8	16.9 -15.39	13.4	18 - 14.40	.534
Number of days between DNR1 status and decease°	8.0	15.5 - 17.77

°(Median - Mean - Standard deviation instead of "n" and "%") Significance level: p<.05
¹ Do Not Resuscitate