Table 2.

Individual-Level Effects on the Use of Hospice

	Odds-Ratio	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	p-value
Primary Diagnosis
Lung cancer	1.00	<ref>	<ref>	<ref>
Colon cancer	1.05	1.02	1.08	0.002
Stroke	0.23	0.21	0.24	0.000
MI	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.000
Comorbidity  Adjustment
Charlson score	1.02	1.01	1.02	0.000
Number of hospitalizations	0.96	0.95	0.97	0.000
Demographics
Age (years)	0.98	0.97	0.98	0.000
Male	0.90	0.88	0.92	0.000
White	1.19	1.15	1.23	0.000
Medicaid  recipient	0.69	0.66	0.72	0.000
Zip-code median  income per ($1,000)	1.01	1.00	1.01	0.000

95% confidence intervals are presented for the odds ratio.