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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Aug 20;60(9):1638–1644. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04117.x

Table 4.

Cox Proportional Hazards Model of Risk of Death 1 Year After Discharge from Hospice Because of Stabilization or Improvement in Enrollees with Primary Diagnosis of Dementia

Variable Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Aged ≥ 85 1.22 (0.76–1.96)
White race 0.69 (0.38–1.24)
Female 0.80 (0.46–1.40)
Median household income > $37,280 1.30 (0.81–2.10)
Payment source other than Medicare 1.23 (0.48–3.16)
Admission level of care (reference routine home care in private residence)
Routine home care in nursing home 1.09 (0.66–1.81)
Other 1.10 (0.52–2.34)