Table VI.

Two post-imputation analysis results from alternative missing data methods using the medical records and medicare claims, a subsample of CanCORS data.

Variables	MI	OR	AND	Medical records	Medicare claims
Hospice-use	62.8%	67.6%	39.0%	29.3%	55.4%
65–69 years	.56*	−1.51*	−.05	−.11	NA
70–74 years	.26	−1.61*	.08	−.03	.10
75–79 years	.36	−1.52*	.13	.04	.09
80 years or older	.68*	−1.22*	.26	.08	.42*
Female	.12	.27*	.20	−.03	.24*
Black	−.31	−.28	−.69*	−.89*	−.20
Hispanic	.31	.11	−.63	−.55*	−.17
Asian	−.36	−.42	−1.54*	−.62*	−.66*
Other race	−.58	−.58*	−1.12*	−.50*	−.83*
Less than high school	.11	.00	.33	.33*	.02
High school	−.03	−.10	.25	.42*	−.17
Less than 20K	.23	−.16	−.08	.01	.18
20–39K	.32	−.09	−.18	−.05	.22
40–59K	.44*	.14	−.10	.12	.37
Married	−.23	−.16	−.05	.02	−.14
Stage 2	.49	.34	.20	−.04	.30
Stage 3	.48*	.35	.23	.13	.29
Stage 4	.90*	.48*	.21	.21	.34
Stage missing	.78*	.68*	−.10	−.22	.44
MI	−.02	−.18	−.16	−.02	−.11
CHF	−.27	−.04	−.04	.06	−.06
Stroke	.08	−.09	.04	.17	−.10
Lung disease	−.13	−.11	−.10	−.18*	−.03
Diabetes	.03	.09	.30*	.04	.28*
Depression	.33*	.18	.03	.00	.15

Note: The subsample consists of 2669 CanCORS patients who died within 15 months of diagnosis and had at least one observed hospice-use record from two sources. The first row (‘hospice use’) lists marginal estimates of the hospice-use rate. Following rows list the logistic regression coefficients (Section 3.4.2). MI, multiple imputation. Standard errors are not shown. Logistic regression coefficients that are significant at 10% level are highlighted. The reference categories are lung cancer, younger than 65 years old for MI, OR, AND, and Medical records/younger than 70 years old for Medicare Claims, White, college, more than 60K, stage I.