Table 3.

Likelihood of decedent nursing home residents dying in hospital, CY2003–2007: Stratified by long vs. short stay

Independent variables	Long-stay Residents (n=1,461,123)			Short-stay Residents (n=724,816)
	Odds Ratio	95%CI		Odds Ratio	95%CI
Year of death (ref = 2003)$
2004	1.078	1.061	1.095	1.051	1.032	1.071
2005	1.112	1.094	1.129	1.088	1.068	1.108
2006	1.141	1.122	1.159	1.125	1.104	1.146
2007	1.162	1.143	1.182	1.171	1.148	1.194
Age (ref= < 65)
65–74	0.922	0.897	0.947	0.979	0.947	1.013
75–84	0.903	0.881	0.926	0.946	0.917	0.976
85 and older	0.725	0.708	0.744	0.783	0.759	0.809
Gender (ref=female)
Male	1.097	1.086	1.109	0.954	0.943	0.966
Race/ethnicity (ref =white)
Black	0.995	0.977	1.013	0.962	0.938	0.986
Hispanic	1.111	1.075	1.149	1.168	1.118	1.221
Other	0.875	0.839	0.911	1.033	0.982	1.087
Diseases
Diabetes	1.180	1.168	1.192	1.082	1.068	1.096
Cancer	0.823	0.810	0.836	0.708	0.697	0.719
COPD	1.158	1.145	1.172	1.144	1.128	1.159
CHF	1.138	1.127	1.150	1.110	1.096	1.124
Alzheimer	0.758	0.748	0.768	0.755	0.738	0.772
Renal failure	1.101	1.084	1.118	1.077	1.060	1.095
Treatment preferences
Hospice	0.046	0.045	0.047	0.070	0.068	0.072
DNR	0.546	0.540	0.552	0.463	0.456	0.469
DNH	0.310	0.300	0.321	0.226	0.215	0.239
C-statistics	0.73			0.69

note: facility fixed effect not shown

^$p-values of year effect are calculated based on comparison between each year and its previous year p>0.05, i.e. not significant