Table 2.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Model of Factors Associated With Hospice Use Among 14 521 Men Dying of Prostate Cancer

Characteristic	OR (95% CI)
Age	1.00 (0.99–1.00)
Ethnicity vs white
Hispanic	1.00 (0.83–1.19)
African American	0.78 (0.68–0.88)
Other	0.59 (0.48–0.73)
Charlson comorbidity index vs 0
1	0.68 (0.62–0.74)
2	0.63 (0.57–0.70)
≥3	0.49 (0.44–0.55)
Primary treatment, vs primary androgen deprivation
Radiation prostatectomy	1.28 (1.10–1.50)
Radiation therapy	1.37 (1.26–1.49)
% Of census tract with >high school education vs ≤high school education	1.15 (1.03–1.28)
Median census tract household income vs
<$38 500
$38 500–$48 499	1.12 (1.01–1.24)
$48 500–$62 000	1.21 (1.07–1.37)
>$62 000	1.19 (1.03–1.37)
With partner vs without partner	1.23 (1.14–1.32)
Distant stage at diagnosis vs localized/locoregional	1.13 (1.04–1.23)
Year of death vs 1992	1.12 (1.11–1.14)
SEER region vs Los Angeles
San Francisco	1.22 (1.03–1.45)
Connecticut	1.05 (0.91–1.22)
Detroit	2.50 (2.17–2.87)
Hawaii	1.34 (1.01–1.77)
Iowa	2.01 (1.72–2.35)
New Mexico	1.55 (1.27–1.88)
Seattle	1.17 (1.00–1.38)
Utah	1.48 (1.23–1.78)
Atlanta	1.69 (1.39–2.05)
San Jose	1.33 (1.07–1.65)
Rural Georgia	1.78 (0.99–3.22)
Kentucky	1.65 (1.19–2.29)
Louisiana	1.53 (1.08–2.16)
New Jersey	1.17 (0.91–1.52)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.