Table 2.
Influence of Rurality, Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Availability of Physicians on the Presence of a Medicare-certified Hospice in a County
| Full model |
Metro |
Nonmetro, adjacent to metro |
Rural, nonadjacent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Odds ratio |
p | Odds ratio |
P | Odds ratio |
P | Odds ratio |
p |
| County African American (AA) population (counties with < 2% AA are the reference group) | ||||||||
| Counties with 2%–30% AA | 1.286 | .0087* | 1.559 | .0053* | 0.989 | 0.9427 | 1.414 | .0795 |
| Counties with > 30% AA | 0.983 | .9196 | 0.769 | .3998 | 0.656 | 0.1249 | 2.196 | .0108* |
| County Hispanic population (counties with < 2% Hispanic are the reference group) | ||||||||
| Counties with 2%–15% Hispanic | 1.232 | .0211* | 1.887 | <.0001* | 1.085 | .5857 | 0.976 | .8884 |
| Counties with > 15% Hispanic | 0.989 | .9438 | 1.308 | .3399 | 0.753 | .3221 | 0.928 | .7713 |
| County Native American (NA) population (counties with < 2% NA are the reference group) | ||||||||
| Counties with > 2% NA | 1.087 | .5265 | 1.434 | 0.2487 | 1.274 | .2792 | 0.886 | .5548 |
| County Asian population (counties with < 2% Asian are the reference group) | ||||||||
| Counties with > 2% Asian | 1.106 | .6020 | 1.848 | .0143* | 0.560 | .3277 | 0.320 | .0159* |
| County median age | 0.922 | <.0001* | 0.961 | .0864 | 0.916 | <.0001* | 0.890 | <.0001* |
| Percentage living in poverty | 0.972 | .0028* | 1.026 | .1954 | 0.951 | .0040* | 0.952 | .0018* |
| MDs per 10,000 census | 1.105 | <.0001* | 1.077 | <.0001* | 1.156 | <.0001* | 1.118 | <.0001* |
| Rural adjacent vs Metro | 1.093 | 0.4164 | ||||||
| Rural nonadjacent vs. metro | 1.003 | 0.9825 | ||||||
*
p < .05.