Exhibit 3.
Association Between Hospice Characteristics And Enrollment Policies, 2008-09
| Characteristic | Hospice has no restrictive enrollment policies (n = 132)a | Hospice has open- access enrollment policy (n = 172) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | Adjusted risk ratio | Percent | Adjusted risk ratio | |
| Daily census | ||||
| <20 | 7 | 1.00 | 27 | 1.00 |
| 20–49 | 13 | 2.02 | 27 | 1.07 |
| 50–99 | 26 | 4.42*** | 28 | 1.29 |
| 100 or more | 48 | 7.66*** | 40 | 1.54** |
| Ownership | ||||
| For-profit | 22 | 1.00 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Nonprofit | 24 | 0.95 | 39 | 1.72*** |
| Government/other | 10 | 1.20 | 30 | 1.66 |
| Years providing hospice care | ||||
| 0–4 | 15 | 1.00 | 21 | 1.00 |
| 5–9 | 19 | 0.85 | 22 | 1.01 |
| 10–14 | 30 | 1.42 | 20 | 0.84 |
| 15 or more | 25 | 1.06 | 27 | 1.14 |
| Chain member | ||||
| No | 20 | 1.00 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 34 | 1.26 | 30 | 1.06 |
| Hospice is vertically integrated | ||||
| No | 20 | 1.00 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 29 | 0.98 | 36 | 1.18 |
| Nursing home patients | ||||
| 0–20 percent | 21 | 1.00 | 32 | 1.00 |
| >20 percent | 24 | 1.02 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Census region | ||||
| New England/Mid-Atlantic | 28 | 1.00 | 50 | 1.00 |
| East/West North Central | 25 | 1.00 | 26 | 0.49*** |
| South Atlantic | 33 | 0.96 | 26 | 0.49*** |
| East/West South Central | 14 | 0.56** | 17 | 0.46*** |
| Mountain and Pacific | 17 | 0.62 | 43 | 0.93 |
SOURCE National Hospice Survey, 2008-09.
a
Hospice will enroll patients who are receiving chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition, transfusions, tube feeding, an intrathecal catheter, or palliative radiation or who do not have a caregiver at home.
**
p < 0.05
***
p < 0.01