Table 2.

Multivariate Analyses of Predictors of Hospice Preadmission Location and Hospice Length of Stay (LOS)

Predictor Variable	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	Preadmission Location	Hospice LOS	Hospice LOS
	Total	African Americans	Whites
Preadmission location hospital or emergency department	—	1.51 (1.34–1.71)	1.52 (1.44–1.59)
African Americans	1.83 (1.73–1.95)	—	—
Age ≥65	0.77 (0.71–0.84)	0.98 (0.80–1.21)	0.96 (0.86–1.08)
Female	1.01 (0.96–1.05)	0.95 (0.83–1.08)	0.82 (0.78–0.87)
Married	0.99 (0.94–1.05)	1.18 (1.01–1.37)	1.11 (1.04–1.18)
Caregiver (reference: spouse)
Child	1.00 (0.95–1.06)	1.09 (0.94–1.26)	1.10 (1.03–1.17)
Other relative	0.94 (0.78–1.15)	1.0 (0.60–1.68)	1.0 (0.77. 1.28)
Nonrelative	0.91 (0.81–1.02)	0.68 (0.46–0.99)	0.84 (0.72–0.96)
Cancer diagnosis	0.91 (0.87–0.95)	0.75 (0.65–0.85)	0.70 (0.67–0.74)
Median household income, $
≤37,280 (reference)
37,281–48,541	0.96 (0.91–1.02)	1.13 (0.97–1.32)	0.97 (0.91–1.04)
≥48,542	0.99 (0.94–1.05)	0.92 (0.76–1.11)	1.01 (0.95–1.08)
Health maintenance organization enrollment	0.84 (0.80–0.88)	0.82 (0.71–0.94)	0.79 (0.74–0.84)
Payment source (reference: Medicare)
Medicaid	1.45 (1.28–1.65)	0.94 (0.73–1.21)	0.77 (0.64–0.93)
Charity	1.15 (0.97–1.36)	1.29 (0.89–1.87)	1.54 (1.24–1.90)
Other	1.18 (1.07–1.30)	1.59 (1.23–2.04)	1.73 (1.53–1.95)
Hospice location (reference: South)
Midwest	0.99 (0.94–1.05)	1.23 (1.07–1.42)	1.13 (1.06–1.21)
West	1.02 (0.97–1.08)	1.84 (1.52–2.24)	1.36 (1.28–1.44)
Northeast	1.46 (1.34–1.60)	1.27 (1.02–1.57)	1.08 (0.96–1.22)

Models 1, 2, 3: Logistic regression models that include all variables presented in table.

Outcome variables were preadmission location (acute care setting (hospital or emergency department) vs other) and hospice LOS (≤7 days vs >7 days).