Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Hospice Discharge and Hospice Agency Characteristics of Study Sample

Variables	N	Weighted %
Age
65–74	801	18.6
75–84	1465	35.5
85 or older	1652	46.0
Gender
Male	1682	43.2
Female	2236	56.8
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	3433	84.1
Non-Hispanic black	316	11.1
Hispanic	112	3.3
Other race/ethnicity	57	1.5
Having a primary caregiver outside agency
Yes	3571	90.7
No	318	9.3
Place of hospice care
Agency inpatient/residential facility	460	14.4
Private home or apartment	2197	51.2
Nursing home/skilled nursing facility	913	24.5
Hospital	328	9.9
Cancer as primary diagnosis at hospice admission
Yes	1491	36.4
No	2427	63.6
Cognitive impairment
No	1004	29.6
Mild	1098	28.1
Serious	1318	42.4
Deceased at discharge
Yes	3216	84.5
No	699	15.5
Lengths of stay (days)
0–7	1266	35.0
8–21	780	19.3
22–84	938	23.5
85+	934	22.2
Having any advanced directive
Yes	3495	91.6
No	382	8.4
Having a living will
Yes	1198	27.1
No	2679	72.9
Having a DNR order
Yes	3164	83.5
No	713	16.6
Hospice agency ownership
For-profit	914	31.5
Private not-for-profit agencies/government agencies	3004	68.5
Agency is part of chain
Yes	741	27.1
No	3177	72.9
Agency location^a
Metropolitan	1427	87.3
Micropolitan	1454	9.0
Rural/nonurban	1037	3.7
Total number of hospice agencies	665	100.0
Total number of hospice discharges	3918	100.0

DNR = do not resuscitate.

Metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural are based on Census Bureau definition.