Table 2.
Caregiver characteristics by location (N=7,510)
| Characteristic | Location | P-value* | ||||||
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| Overall N=7,510 |
Patient home N=3,664 |
Nursing home N=2,195 |
Assisted living N=1,651 |
Omnibus test | Patient home vs nursing home | Patient home vs assisted living | Nursing home vs assisted living | |
| Gender, No. (%) | <.0001 | .0418 | <.0001 | .0012 | ||||
| Male | 1490 (19.8) | 659 (18.0) | 454 (20.7) | 377 (22.8) | ||||
| Female | 3881 (51.7) | 1894 (51.7) | 1104 (50.3) | 883 (53.5) | ||||
| Information not provided | 2139 (28.5) | 1111 (30.3) | 637 (29.0) | 391 (23.7) | ||||
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| Race, No. (%) | <.0001 | .1835 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||
| White | 4719 (62.8) | 2164 (59.1) | 1340 (61.0) | 1215 (73.6) | ||||
| Black | 455 (6.1) | 267 (7.3) | 164 (7.5) | 24 (1.4) | ||||
| Other race | 145 (1.9) | 94 (2.6) | 41 (1.9) | 10 (0.6) | ||||
| Information not provided | 2191 (29.2) | 1139 (31.1) | 650 (29.6) | 402 (24.4) | ||||
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| Highest grade of education, No. (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||
| High school or less | 1616 (21.5) | 929 (25.4) | 453 (20.6) | 234 (14.2) | ||||
| Some college | 1467 (19.5) | 701 (19.1) | 440 (20.0) | 326 (19.7) | ||||
| 4-yr college graduate | 886 (11.8) | 370 (10.1) | 250 (11.4) | 266 (16.1) | ||||
| Greater than 4-yr college degree | 1363 (18.2) | 538 (14.7) | 403 (18.4) | 422 (25.6) | ||||
| Information not provided | 2178 (29.0) | 1126 (30.7) | 649 (29.6) | 403 (24.4) | ||||
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| Relation to patient, No. (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||
| Partner/Spouse | 2029 (27.0) | 1560 (42.6) | 301 (13.7) | 168 (10.2) | ||||
| Child | 3840 (51.1) | 1451 (39.6) | 1286 (58.6) | 1103 (66.8) | ||||
| Parent/Sibling/Other relative | 1010 (13.5) | 402 (11.0) | 373 (17.0) | 235 (14.2) | ||||
| Friend/Other | 334 (4.4) | 132 (3.6) | 111 (5.1) | 91 (5.5) | ||||
| Information not provided | 297 (4.0) | 119 (3.2) | 124 (5.6) | 54 (3.3) | ||||
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| Timing of hospice referral, No. (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | .1207 | <.0001 | ||||
| Too late | 679 (9.0) | 306 (8.3) | 238 (10.8) | 135 (8.2) | ||||
| The right time | 6328 (84.3) | 3176 (86.7) | 1736 (79.1) | 1416 (85.8) | ||||
| Too early | 102 (1.4) | 33 (0.9) | 42 (1.9) | 27 (1.6) | ||||
| Information not provided | 401 (5.3) | 149 (4.1) | 179 (8.2) | 73 (4.4) | ||||
*
Chi-square used for categorical variables; p-values adjusted for multiple testing using false discovery rate method.