Table 4.

Hospice Characteristics Associated with Patient-Centered and Family-Centered Preferred Practices

	Hospices with all 10 Patient-Centered Preferred Practices					Hospices with all 7 Family-Centered Preferred Practices
	%	Unadjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	%	Unadjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Total	21%					26%
Size (patients per day)
Less than 20	13%	1.00		1.00		20%	1.00		1.00
20–49	18%	1.39	(0.75, 2.58)	1.40	(0.73, 2.67)	21%	1.12	(0.65, 1.94)	1.00	(0.57, 1.78)
50–99	26%	2.33	(1.30, 4.18) ^**	2.28	(1.21, 4.29) ^*	33%	2.01	(1.20, 3.37) ^**	1.70	(0.97, 2.97)
100 or greater	26%	2.29	(1.25, 4.20) ^**	2.46	(1.24, 4.90) ^*	32%	1.95	(1.14, 3.35) ^*	1.88	(1.02, 3.45) ^*
Years Providing Hospice Care
0 to 4 years	19%	1.00		1.00		27%	1.00		1.00
5 to 9 years	23%	1.28	(0.68, 2.40)	0.92	(0.46, 1.81)	28%	1.05	(0.59, 1.87)	0.76	(0.41, 1.40)
10 to 14 years	19%	1.03	(0.52, 2.03)	0.80	(0.38, 1.69)	25%	0.91	(0.49, 1.66)	0.73	(0.38, 1.41)
15 years or more	21%	1.19	(0.72, 1.96)	1.00	(0.50, 1.99)	26%	0.93	(0.59, 1.47)	1.01	(0.54, 1.88)
Hospice is a Member of a Chain
No	19%	1.00		1.00		24%	1.00		1.00
Yes	32%	2.04	(1.23, 3.39) ^**	2.45	(1.23, 4.87) ^*	42%	2.39	(1.48, 3.85) ^**	1.85	(1.01, 3.41) ^*
Hospice is Vertically Integrated
No	21%	1.00		1.00		24%	1.00		1.00
Yes	20%	0.98	(0.62, 1.57)	0.68	(0.37, 1.25)	34%	1.61	(1.07, 2.43) ^*	1.29	(0.77, 2.17)
Ownership
Nonprofit	19%	1.00		1.00		22%	1.00		1.00
For-profit	22%	1.23	(0.82, 1.85)	1.09	(0.60, 2.00)	31%	1.56	(1.07, 2.27) ^*	1.55	(0.90, 2.69)
Government	20%	1.09	(0.35, 3.38)	1.71	(0.52, 5.64)	20%	0.87	(0.28, 2.71)	1.31	(0.40, 4.28)
Census Region
New England	36%	1.00		1.00		32%	1.00		1.00
Middle Atlantic	10%	0.20	(0.06, 0.73) ^*	0.16	(0.04, 0.62) ^**	23%	0.61	(0.21, 1.82)	0.51	(0.16, 1.59)
East North Central	22%	0.50	(0.20, 1.25)	0.41	(0.16, 1.07)	24%	0.66	(0.26, 1.68)	0.54	(0.20, 1.41)
West North Central	17%	0.38	(0.14, 1.02)	0.32	(0.11, 0.89) ^*	19%	0.49	(0.18, 1.33)	0.38	(0.13, 1.07)
South Atlantic	23%	0.54	(0.22, 1.33)	0.39	(0.15, 1.02)	32%	1.01	(0.41, 2.48)	0.70	(0.27, 1.81)
East South Central	26%	0.63	(0.24, 1.64)	0.47	(0.17, 1.28)	35%	1.16	(0.45, 3.00)	0.88	(0.33, 2.36)
West South Central	21%	0.47	(0.19, 1.17)	0.35	(0.13, 0.92) ^*	21%	0.55	(0.22, 1.40)	0.44	(0.16, 1.15)
Mountain	12%	0.25	(0.08, 0.78) ^*	0.21	(0.06, 0.68) ^**	28%	0.82	(0.30, 2.24)	0.68	(0.24, 1.93)
Pacific	17%	0.38	(0.13, 1.08)	0.27	(0.09, 0.82) ^*	27%	0.78	(0.29, 2.12)	0.53	(0.19, 1.53)

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