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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Sep 30;52(6):813–821. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.031

Table 1.

Hospice characteristics according to provision of continuous home care

Hospice characteristics Having CHC claims
N=1533 (42.7%)		 Not having CHC claims
N=2059 (57.3%)		 P-Value
Ownership <.001
 For-profit (no, %) 1118 (48.8) 1175 (51.2)
 Nonprofit (no, %) 403 (31.6) 874 (68.4)
Duration (year, sd) 11.5 (8.1) 12.4 (8.1) .001
Volume (no. of patients in 2011, sd) 371 (655) 177 (256) <.001
Rurality <.001
 Rural (no, %) 266 (27.0) 721 (73.0)
 Urban (no, %) 1254 (48.6) 1328 (51.4)
General inpatient hospice care provision <.001
 Yes (no, %) 1217 (47.0) 1372 (53.0)
 No (no, %) 316 (31.5) 687 (68.5)

CHC: Continuous home care