Table 2.

Average Proportion of Hospices’ Patient Population With Primary or Comorbid Dementia or Alzheimer Disease (n = 577 Hospices)

Hospice Characteristics	Proportion of Patient Population With Dementia
	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Hospice ownership
For-profit	52.4		50.1
Nonprofit	41.3	*	43.3	*
Hospice size (average no. patients per day)
<20	41.9		43.3
20–49	46.8	*	46.5	†
50–99	49.1	*	48.1	*
≥100	48.6	*	48.6	*
Open access policy
Yes	44.6		46.1
No	47.1		47.0
Years of providing hospice care
Hospice provides care <5 years	52.6		50.2
Hospice provides care ≥5 years	43.5	*	44.9	*
Hospice is member of a chain
Yes	52.3		47.1
No	44.6	*	46.5
Percentage of nursing home patients served by the hospice
<10%	40.4	ref	41.5	ref
10%–20%	43.8	†	43.5
20%–30%	45.1	†	46.6	*
>30%	52.6	*	52.0	*
Location
Rural/Suburban	39.8		42.3
Urban	49.4	*	48.4	*
Region
Northeast	49.3	ref	51.1	ref
Midwest	43.8	*	44.3	*
South	48.7		47.6
West	43.0	*	45.1	*

^*P < .01.

^†P < .05.