Table 2.

Factors Associated With Death at Home Among Hospice Patients Who Began Hospice Care at Home and Preferred to Die at Home

Characteristic	Adjusted Proportions of Patients Dying at Home (%)*	Adjusted OR*	95% CI	P
Moderate or severe pain	50 v 58	0.56	0.45 to 0.64	< .001
Married	63 v 54	1.35	1.10 to 1.44	.001
Advance directive	65 v 50	2.11	1.54 to 2.65	< .001
Visit frequency (≥ one visit per day v < one visit per day) in first 4 days	61 v 54	1.23	1.07 to 1.41	< .001
Hospices
One	48	—	—	—
Two	63	1.58	1.28 to 1.96	< .001
Three	57	1.49	1.16 to 1.92	.002
PPS score†
0-30	64.8	—	—	—
40-60	50.2	0.79	0.67 to 0.93	.005
70-100	40.5	0.53	0.35 to 0.82	.005
Length of stay, days	—	0.99	0.99 to 1.00	< .001

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; PPS, Palliative Performance Scale.

^*ORs and proportions are adjusted for all variables in the final model (pain, marital status, advanced directive, visit frequency, site/hospice, PPS score).

^†Adjusted proportions for the PPS score are for scores of 70 to 100 and < 0 to 30, respectively.