Table 2.

Demographics of Hospices and Patients and Comparison of Those who Responded to the Follow-Up Survey and Those who Did Not

	Demographics of hospices and patients in the hospices that responded to the follow-up survey					Difference between hospices/patients who completed follow-up survey and those who did not
	Percent	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mann-Whitney U	Wilcoxon W	Z	Asymp Sig (2-tailed)
Urban setting n = 49a	6.1%					1753.50	2929.50	−1.63	0.104
Rural setting n = 54a	48.15%					2209.50	5779.50	−0.08	0.933
Mixed setting (urban and rural) n = 53a	39.62%					2030.00	5600.00	−0.83	0.407
Average daily census n = 55a		80.15	179.71	0	1250	2273.00	6189.00	−0.43	0.665
Total patients served annually n = 54a		433.96	656.91	0	3145	2097.50	592550	−0.895	0.371
Hispanic or Latino n = 23a	4.88%		7.55	0%	30%	239.0	515.00	−1.24	0.216
Non-Hispanic n = 21a	92.20%		21.65	1%	100%	279.50	510.50	−0.30	0.761
White n = 44a	91.32%		11.17	50%	100%
Black n = 44a	4.59%		8.52	0%	50%
Asian n = 44a	0.58%		1.71	0%	10%
Native American or Eskimo n = 42a	0.02%		0.15	0%	1%
Other ethnic or racial group n = 44a	1.61%		3.30	0%	14%
Mixed ethnic or racial group n = 53a	0.40%		0.49	0%	1%

^aNumber used for analysis varies based on whether information was provided by hospice.