Participant characteristics
| Number of patients n=513 | |
| Age, mean years (SD) | 60.2 (18.9) |
| Sex, no. (%) | |
| Male | 276 (53.8) |
| Female | 237 (46.2) |
| Living status, no. (%) | |
| Private residence alone | 154 (30.0) |
| Private residence not alone | 313 (61.0) |
| Residential care facility | 19 (3.7) |
| Other | 27 (5.3) |
| Mode of presentation, no.(%) | |
| Elective | 99 (19.3) |
| Emergency | 314 (61.2) |
| Interhospital transfer | 100 (19.5) |
| Hospital service line, no. (%) | |
| Medical | 198 (38.6) |
| Surgical | 188 (36.6) |
| Cancer care | 57 (11.1) |
| Critical care | 70 (13.6) |
| SPICT general criteria | |
| Persistent symptoms | 206 (40.1) |
| ≥2 unplanned admissions | 188 (36.6) |
| Dependent on others | 176 (34.3) |
| Poor performance status | 151 (29.4) |
| Weight loss | 137 (26.7) |
| Requesting palliative care | 44 (8.6) |
| CFS-9, median (IQR) | 4 (3–6) |
| Karnofsky performance status, median (IQR) | 70 (50–90) |
CFS-9, 9-item Clinical Frailty Score.