Table 1.
Patient demographic characteristics by FEHC survey status (N=27,714 patients receiving routine hospice care between 2009 and 2014 and whose hospice discharge status was death)
| Characteristic | FEHC Survey Status | |||
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| Overall N=27,714 |
Survey Not Present N=20,204 |
Survey Present N=7,510 |
P-value* | |
| Age, mean (SD); median; range | 80.1 (13.1); 83; 19–110 | 79.5 (13.4); 83; 19–110 | 82.0 (12.0); 85; 19–108 | <.0001 |
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| Length of hospice episode (days), mean (SD); median; range |
59.7 (116.8); 17;1–2117 | 56.1 (111.6); 16; 1–2117 | 69.3 (129.1); 20; 1–1615 | <.0001 |
| 1–6, No. (%) | 6972 (25.2) | 5380 (26.6) | 1592 (21.2) | <.0001 |
| 7–14, No. (%) | 5689 (20.5) | 4195 (20.8) | 1494 (19.9) | |
| 15–30, No. (%) | 4905 (17.7) | 3567 (17.7) | 1338 (17.8) | |
| 31–60, No. (%) | 3738 (13.5) | 2621 (13.0) | 1117 (14.9) | |
| 61–90, No. (%) | 1679 (6.1) | 1186 (5.9) | 493 (6.6) | |
| 91–180, No. (%) | 2281 (8.2) | 1629 (8.1) | 652 (8.7) | |
| >180, No. (%) | 2450 (8.8) | 1626 (8.1) | 824 (11.0) | |
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| Male sex, No. (%) | 10996 (39.7) | 8075 (40.0) | 2921 (38.9) | .1048 |
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| Race, No. (%) | <.0001 | |||
| White | 21169 (76.4) | 14713 (72.8) | 6456 (86.0) | |
| Black | 4222 (15.2) | 3525 (17.5) | 697 (9.3) | |
| Asian | 538 (1.9) | 447 (2.2) | 91 (1.2) | |
| Hispanic | 1191 (4.3) | 1051 (5.2) | 140 (1.9) | |
| Other | 594 (2.1) | 468 (2.3) | 126 (1.7) | |
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| Married, No. ( %) | 8416 (30.4) | 5767 (28.5) | 2649 (35.3) | <.0001 |
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| Primary hospice diagnosis, No. (%) | <.0001 | |||
| Cancer | 9534 (34.4) | 7139 (35.3) | 2395 (31.9) | |
| Dementia | 5702 (20.6) | 4027 (19.9) | 1675 (22.3) | |
| Cardiovascular disease | 3064 (11.1) | 2203 (10.9) | 861 (11.5) | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 2403 (8.7) | 1796 (8.9) | 607 (8.1) | |
| Pulmonary disease | 1558 (5.6) | 1132 (5.6) | 426 (5.7) | |
| Debility | 2202 (8.0) | 1488 (7.4) | 715 (9.5) | |
| End stage renal disease | 692 (2.5) | 542 (2.7) | 150 (2.0) | |
| Other | 2559 (9.2) | 1877 (9.3) | 682 (9.1) | |
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| Hospice region in U.S., No. (%) | <.0001 | |||
| Northeast | 3208 (11.6) | 2254 (11.2) | 954 (12.7) | |
| Midwest | 12834 (46.3) | 9055 (44.8) | 3779 (50.3) | |
| South | 9041 (32.6) | 6835 (33.8) | 2206 (29.4) | |
| West | 2631 (9.5) | 2060 (10.2) | 571 (7.6) | |
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| Location, No. (%) | <.0001 | |||
| Home | 13352 (48.2) | 9688 (48.0) | 3664 (48.8) | |
| Nursing home | 9578 (34.6) | 7383 (36.5) | 2195 (29.2) | |
| Assisted living | 4784 (17.3) | 3133 (15.5) | 1651 (22.0) | |
*
Chi-square used for categorical variables; analysis of variance (ANOVA) used for continuous variables; p-values adjusted for multiple testing using false discovery rate method.