Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample (N = 459)

Variable	Percentage/Mean	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent Variables
Core Hospice Services	3.309	1.140	0	4
Noncore Hospice Services	4.490	1.537	0	6
Other Hospice Services	1.092	1.049	0	4
Control Variables
Affiliation
Freestanding (%)	62.75	---	0	1
Hospital based (%)	16.78	---	0	1
Home-health based (%)	19.39	---	0	1
Long-term care based (%)	1.09	---	0	1
Service Area
Urban (%)	55.34	---	0	1
Rural (%)	9.59	---	0	1
Mixed (%)	35.08	---	0	1
Ownership
Profit (%)	34.86	---	0	1
Nonprofit (%)	65.14	---	0	1
Organization Size
Large (%)	30.28	---	0	1
Medium (%)	56.86	---	0	1
Small (%)	12.85	---	0	1
Competition	0.621	0.318	0	0.96
Per capita income	35.194	10.180	18.83	86.06
Unemployment	6.48	2.196	3.4	22.4
Child Age
0–1 year (%)	55.77	---	0	1
2–5 years of age (%)	30.28	---	0	1
6–10 years of age (%)	34.64	---	0	1
11–20 years of age (%)	65.14	---	0	1