. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Aug 1;11(7):494–499. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.01.006

Table 3.

Multivariate Regression With Probability Weights^a

Independent Variable	EOL Care Processes
	Assessment		Care Delivery
	Standardized Coefficients^b	P-value	Standardized Coefficients^b	P-value
N = 97^c	Adjusted R² = 0.2166		Adjusted R² = 0.1136
CNA communication	0.1378	0.043	0.1018	0.098
Staff education	0.2482	0.004	0.1177	0.074
Hospice use intensity	0.0601	0.369	0.1458	0.016
Nursing staff ratio	-0.0960	0.126	-0.0229	0.755
Ethnic overlap index	0.1544	0.051	0.1690	0.029
Religious affiliated facility	0.0421	0.786	0.0742	0.642
For-profit facility	0.2305	0.423	0.1382	0.396

Probability weights correct for sampling response bias.

The coefficients of continuous independent variable are standardized by multiplying the standard deviation of each.

Ten out of 107 facilities are not included in the final models due to missing data.