Table 2.

Hazard Ratios for Length of Stay in Hospice by Caregiver Type

	Caregiver type
Variable	All	Informal	Formal
Cancer	0.89	0.81b	1.67b
Dementia	0.94	1.06	1.26
Heart	0.78a	0.81a	1.07
Stroke	1.34b	1.12	1.62
COPD	0.68b	0.61b	1.30
Hospital referral	0.88	1.11	0.64b
Male	1.20b	1.13a	1.66b
Age	0.85b	0.86b	0.93
Age	1.00b	1.00b	1.00
Alone	0.54b	0.57b	1.17
Year 2000	0.98	0.93	1.09
Minority	1.02	1.00	1.76b

^ap < 0.05.

^bp < 0.01.

Reference group for cancer, dementia, heart, stroke, and COPD is all other diagnoses.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.