Table 4.

Hospice Care Prediction Model, Health Retirement Survey, 2014.

		Normal Cognition				Dementia/Impaired Cognition
		Short vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	Long vs. Never	p-value for trend	Short vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	Long vs. Never	p-value for trend
Race	White	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.80	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.03
	Black	NS	NS	NS		0.45 (0.22, 0.93)	0.09 (0.01, 0.72)	0.86 (0.44, 1.68)
	Other	*	*	*		NS	NS	NS
Ethnicity	Not Hispanic	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.24	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.73
	Hispanic	NS	NS	NS		NS	NS	NS
Rural	No	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.04	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.56
	Yes	0.48 (0.27, 0.85)	0.83 (0.39, 1.78)	0.52 (0.25, 1.07)		NS	NS	NS
Marital Status	Single	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.10	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.25
	Married	NS	NS	NS		NS	NS	NS
Gender	Male	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.17	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.47
	Female	NS	NS	NS		NS	NS	NS
Education	≤ HS	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.40	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.63
	>HS	NS	NS	NS		NS	NS	NS
Age		NS	NS	NS	0.33	1.03 (1.01, 1.06)	1.08 (1.03, 1.13)	1.03 (1.01, 1.06)	<0.01

Note. Odds ratios (95% CI).

Bold = Statistical significance.

NS = Not significant. NS was indicated when all results across utilization levels were not significant

* = For the normal models, the black and other groups were combined due to a zero cell count for the other category.

The length of hospice care in the previous two years: never (0), low (1–7 days), moderate (8–15 days), and high (16+ days)