Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample (N = 1368)

Variable	Percentage/ Mean	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Dependent Variable
Provision of hospice care for children	33.6%	---	0.00	1.00
Independent Variables
Institutional Factors
Accreditation	46.5%	---	0.00	1.00
Professional membership	17.3%	---	0.00	1.00
Pediatric hospital presence	58.2%	---	0.00	1.00
Resource Factors
No donation/grant income	56.1%	---	0.00	1.00
Organization size
Small	34.7%	---	0.00	1.00
Medium	47.7%	---	0.00	1.00
Large	17.6%	---	0.00	1.00
Competition	0.72	0.28	0.00	0.96
Control Variables
Organizational Factors
Service Area
Urban service area	60.3%	---	0.00	1.00
Rural service area	8.9%	---	0.00	1.00
Mixed service area	30.8%	---	0.00	1.00
Agency type
Freestanding	64.4%	---	0.00	1.00
Hospital-based	15.0%	---	0.00	1.00
Home health-based	17.5%	---	0.00	1.00
Long -term care-based	3.1%	---	0.00	1.00
Ownership
For profit	52.2%	---	0.00	1.00
Government	5.3%	---	0.00	1.00
Nonprofit	42.5%	---	0.00	1.00
Organizational age	9.22	8.12	1.00	42.00
Market Factors
Per capita income ($000)	36.1	9.6	18.80	86.10
Unemployment	0.06	0.02	3.00	22.00
Child mortality	0.02	0.01	0.00	11.00