Table 2.

Adjusted mean hospital and hospice days by advance care planning among adults with normal or dementia/impaired cognition, Health Retirement Survey, 2014.

	Hospital Days				Hospice Days
ACP Variable	Normal Cognition Mean [95% CI]	p	Impaired/Dementia Mean [95% CI]	p	Normal Cognition Mean [95% CI]	p	Impaired/Dementia Mean [95% CI]	p
Living Will
Yes	2.4 [1.8, 3.2]	< 0.01	3.4 [2.2, 5.0]	0.23	12.7 [3.9, 41.1]	0.83	9.8 [3.4, 28.2]	0.80
No	1.7 [1.3, 2.2]		2.9 [2.0, 4.3]		13.3 [4.2, 43.4]		10.5 [4.0, 27.5]
DPOA
Yes	2.3 [1.8, 3.0]	< 0.01	3.8 [2.5, 5.7]	0.01	14.8 [4.3, 51.1]	0.61	10.2 [3.7, 28.1]	0.97
No	1.7 [1.3, 2.2]		2.9 [2.0 [4.2]		12.7 [4.1, 39.8]		10.3 [4.0, 26.6]
Joint Effects
Both	2.4 [1.8, 3.2]	< 0.01	3.5 [2.3, 5.4]	0.04	13.4 [4.0, 45.8]	0.97	10.5 [3.6, 31.0]	0.78
At Least One	2.2 [1.6, 2.9]		3.7 [2.4, 5.7]		13.8 [3.7, 51.3]		8.8 [3.0, 26.4]
None	1.6 [1.2, 2.1]		2.7 [1.9, 4.0]		12.6 [3.9, 40.5]		11.3 [4.2, 30.5]

^*All models adjusted for race, rurality, marital status, functional limitations, chronic diseases, gender, education, and age.