Table 2.

Association Between Multiple Complex Chronic Conditions and Hospice Utilization (N = 2036)

	Hospice enrollment		Hospice length of stay
Variables	OR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Independent variables
Multiple complex chronic conditions	1.26	(0.841–1.885)	4.25**	(1.624–11.11)
Covariates
Female	1.07	(0.794–1.429)	1.08	(0.580–1.990)
Age 0–5 years	1.34	(0.903–1.981)	1.82	(0.711–4.651)
Age 6–14 years	0.97	(0.664–1.465)	1.06	(0.460–2.432)
Caucasian	1.22	(0.803–1.862)	0.98	(0.387–2.474)
Ethnicity	0.86	(0.615–1.207)	0.75	(0.375–1.511)
Private insurance	0.28***	(0.146–0.537)	0.31*	(0.116–0.828)
Usual source of care	1.07	(0.742–1.541)	0.79	(0.351–1.761)
Case management	0.88	(0.604–1.287)	0.66	(0.302–1.455)
Pediatric hospice accessibility	1.03	(0.703–1.498)	0.43*	(0.188–0.992)
Public policy	1.44	(0.907–2.287)	3.99**	(1.432–11.11)
Cancer	2.41***	(1.634–3.566)	4.29**	(1.637–11.24)
Congenital	1.21	(0.790–1.852)	3.19*	(1.228–8.295)
Neurological	1.33	(0.914–1.923)	2.17	(0.934–5.024)
Cardiovascular	0.38***	(0.252–0.566)	0.15***	(0.062–0.344)
Psychological status	0.98	(0.694–1.395)	0.47	(0.207–1.051)
Functional status	0.84	(0.558–1.274)	1.18	(0.448–3.099)
Year 2008	0.76	(0.487–1.180)	0.94	(0.369–2.397)
Year 2009	1.13	(0.746–1.708)	0.94	(0.373–2.396)
Year 2010	1.15	(0.752–1.770)	0.43	(0.162–1.148)

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.

OR, odds ratio; IRR, incident rate ratio; CI, Confidence Interval.