Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables by Hospice and Home Health Care Use

	Total	Hospice Use	Home Health Use	P value
	(N=2,037)	(n=216)	(n=460)
Variables	N (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Primary Care Involvement
Usual Source of Care	1,285 (63.1%)	146 (67.6%)	363 (78.9%)	0.002
Comprehensive Care	673 (33.0%)	88 (40.7%)	223 (48.5%)	0.058
Continuous Care
None	733 (36.0%)	67 (31.0%)	96 (20.8%)	0.004
Low	692 (34.0%)	76 (35.2%)	157 (34.1%)	0.779
Moderate	272 (13.4%)	25 (11.6%)	94 (20.4%)	0.005
High	340 (16.7%)	48 (22.2%)	113 (24.6%)	0.495
Age
< 1 year to 5 years	853 (42.4%)	94 (43.5%)	208 (45.2%)	0.679
6 to 14 year	588 (28.9%)	64 (29.6%)	151 (32.8%)	0.405
15 to 20 years	586 (28.8%)	58 (26.9%)	101 (22.0%)	0.162
Female	961 (47.2%)	105 (48.6%)	242 (52.6%)	0.332
Race
Caucasian	351 (17.2%)	41 (19.0%)	94 (20.4%)	0.671
Other	268 (13.2%)	***	47 (10.2%)	0.904
Unspecified	1,418 (69.6%)	154 (71.3%)	319 (69.4%)	0.615
Hispanic	751 (36.9%)	73 (33.8%)	151 (32.8%)	0.797
Hospice Accessibility	1,639 (80.5%)	176 (81.5%)	370 (80.4%)	0.735
Inpatient Medical	1,291 (63.4%)	128 (59.3%)	322 (70.0%)	0.006
Neighborhood socio-economic   Status	0.40 (0.15)	0.41 (0.15)	0.43 (0.15)	0.623
Public Policy Support	***	31 (14.4%)	***	0.833
Case Management	595 (29.2%)	52 (24.1%)	193 (42.0%)	0.001
Diagnosis
Cancer	589 (28.9%)	101 (46.8%)	141 (30.7%)	0.001
Congenital Anomalies	374 (18.4%)	41 (19.0%)	105 (22.8%)	0.263
Cardiovascular Conditions	821 (40.3%)	50 (23.2%)	181 (39.4%)	0.001
Neurological Conditions	1,083 (53.2%)	123 (56.9%)	289 (62.8%)	0.143
Comorbidities	989 (48.6%)	116 (53.7%)	264 (57.4%)	0.366
Disability Status	1,843 (90.5%)	195 (90.3%)	431 (93.7%)	0.115
Psychological Status	569 (27.9%)	68 (31.5%)	182 (39.6%)	0.042
Functional Status	1,608 (78.4%)	173 (80.1%)	425 (92.4%)	0.001

Note:

^***Unable to report less than 10% per Medicaid Data Use Agreement