Table 1.
Hospice Provider Characteristics and Admission Practices
| N (%) | Hospice Admission Practices Scale Score a Mean (SD) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Ownership | <0.001 | ||
| Nonprofit b | 48 (72.13) | 49.75 (9.47) | |
| For-profit | 13 (21.31) | 38.46 (38.46) | |
|
| |||
| Agency Type | 0.16 | ||
| Free-Standing | 34 (55.74) | 49.53 (10.82) | |
| Home-Health Affiliated | 13 (21.31) | 46.00 (9.50) | |
| Hospital Affiliated | 14 (22.95) | 43.29 (10.50) | |
|
| |||
| Budget | <0.001 | ||
| < $1,000,000 | 10 (16.39) | 39.50 | |
| $1,000,000 to 3,999,999 | 16 (26.23) | 41.13 | |
| ≥ $4,000,000 | 35 (57.38) | 52.26 | |
|
| |||
| Average Daily Census | <0.0001 | ||
| ≤ 50 | 22 (36.67) | 40.82 (8.35) | |
| 51 to 100 | 13 (21.31) | 44.46 (7.83) | |
| >100 | 25 (41.67) | 54.92 (9.30) | |
a
Higher scores are associated with less restrictive admission practices.
b
Includes four government hospices