Table 2. Logistic regression modeling palliation as a function of other covariates.

Variable	Odds ratio	95% confidence		P value
		Lower	Upper
Age (years)
18–59	Reference
60–69	0.89	0.84	0.95	<0.001
70–79	0.84	0.78	0.90	<0.001
≥80	0.71	0.66	0.77	<0.001
Sex
Male	Reference
Female	0.98	0.94	1.02	0.335
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	Reference
Black, non-Hispanic	0.83	0.77	0.89	<0.001
Hispanic	0.80	0.75	0.85	<0.001
Other	0.93	0.82	1.06	0.29
Payer
Medicare	Reference
Private	0.90	0.85	0.96	<0.001
Medicaid	1.10	1.00	1.20	0.043
Unknown	0.47	0.40	0.56	<0.001
Self-pay	1.01	0.90	1.13	0.91
Median income quartile
1st	Reference
2nd	1.00	0.94	1.06	0.942
3rd	0.92	0.87	0.98	0.007
4th	0.79	0.74	0.84	<0.001
Charlson/Deyo comorbidities
0	Reference
1	1.16	1.10	1.21	<0.001
≥2	1.27	1.18	1.37	<0.001
Facility type
CCP	Reference
Comprehensive CCP	1.17	1.09	1.26	<0.001
Academic/research	1.29	1.19	1.38	<0.001
Other	2.25	1.46	3.47	<0.001
Region
Northeast	Reference
South	0.67	0.63	0.71	<0.001
Midwest	0.88	0.83	0.93	<0.001
West	0.56	0.52	0.60	<0.001

CCP, Community Cancer Program.