Table 1.
Patient characteristics among hospice live discharges, by ADRD status
| Patient characteristics | All patients (N = 153,696) |
By ADRD status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-ADRD (N = 53,410) |
ADRD (N = 100,286) |
||
| Age (year), % | |||
| <65 | 6.7 | 13.5 | 3.0 |
| 65–74 | 15.7 | 25.3 | 10.6 |
| 75–84 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 28.3 |
| 85 and older | 49.1 | 32.2 | 58.1 |
| Mean age, year (SD) | 82 (11) | 78 (12) | 85 (9) |
| Gender, % | |||
| Male | 38.5 | 46.5 | 34.2 |
| Female | 61.5 | 53.5 | 65.8 |
| Race/Ethnicity, % | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 81.8 | 81.5 | 82.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| Hispanic | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Other | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Number of chronic conditions, % | |||
| ≤2 | 9.9 | 16.7 | 6.3 |
| 3–5 | 29.4 | 32.7 | 27.7 |
| 6–8 | 34.7 | 33.3 | 35.5 |
| ≥9 | 26.0 | 17.4 | 30.5 |
| Dual enrollment in Medicaid, % | 36.3 | 32.4 | 38.4 |
| End-stage renal disease, % | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| Advance care planning, % | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| Survival time after live discharge, median (IQR) |
110 (27–334) |
69 (18–244) |
140 (36–380) |
ADRD Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, IQR interquartile range. Other race/ethnicity includes Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska native, unknown, and all others