Table 2.
Characteristics of Sampled Hospices and Hospice Patients
| Patients (N=149,814) | |
| Age | No. (%) |
| 65–69 | 10,401 (7) |
| 70–74 | 16,292 (11) |
| 75–79 | 22,682 (15) |
| 80–84 | 31,280 (21) |
| ≥85 | 69,159 (46) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 88,960 (59) |
| Male | 60,854 (41) |
| Race | |
| White | 133,966 (89) |
| Black | 11,072 (7) |
| Other | 4,776 (4) |
| Primary Diagnosis | |
| Neoplasms | 48,904 (33) |
| Mental disorders | 12,702 (8) |
| Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | 11,617 (8) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 28,587 (19) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 13,869 (9) |
| Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions | 24,220 (16) |
| Other | 9,915 (7) |
| Hospices (N=577) | |
| No. (%) | |
| Hospice Ownership | |
| For-profit | 273 (47) |
| Nonprofit | 281 (49) |
| Government/other | 23 (4) |
| Hospice Size: (Avg. number patients per day) | |
| <20 | 154 (27) |
| 20–49 | 153 (27) |
| 50–99 | 148 (26) |
| ≥100 | 122 (21) |
| Hospice is a member of a chain | 138 (24) |
| Location | |
| Urban | 397 (69) |
| Suburban/Rural | 180 (31) |
| Region | |
| New England | 28 (5) |
| Middle Atlantic | 39 (7) |
| Eastern North Central | 91 (16) |
| Western North Central | 69 (12) |
| South Atlantic | 92 (16) |
| Eastern South Central | 59 (10) |
| Western South Central | 100 (17) |
| Mountain | 48 (8) |
| Pacific | 51 (9) |