Table 2.

Factors Associated With Patterns of Care in the Year Prior to Hospice Admission for ARIC Hospice Users (2006–2012).^a

		Any Hospital Admission (N = 1248)			Increasing Hospital Use If Any Hospital Admission (N = 958)
Variable	Sample Mean (%)	Odds Ratio		Confidence Interval	Odd Ratio	Confidence Interval
Hospice diagnosis
Dementia	12.90	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
CVD	20.20	1.3	0.79–2.12		1.13	0.58–2.20
Cancer	39.70	1.3	0.85–1.98		0.98	0.53–1.84
COPD	6.50	3.06c	1.37–6.87		1.54	0.71–3.36
Other	20.60	1.27	0.80–2.04		1.19	0.61–2.30
>5CCI	58.60	6.20b	4.41–8.71		3.28b	2.25–4.78
Characteristics
65–74 years	29.20	Ref	Ref		Ref	Eef
75–84 years	58.10	1.08	0.78–1.51		0.8	0.56–1.14
85+ years	12.70	1.44	0.86–2.41		0.46d	0.26–0.83
Female	54.40	0.79	0.59–1.07		1.01	0.73–1.40
Married	23.00	0.85	0.60–1.20		0.95	0.65–1.40
High school degree	68.70	l.48d	1.07–2.05		1.14	0.79–1.65
NH resident—AFU	3.10	0.61	0.28–1.33		1.98	0.86–4.56
Fee-for-service	63.50	1.28	0.93–1.76		0.64d	0.45–0.92
Study site and race
Forsyth (black)	3.10	1.66	0.61–4.48		0.95	0.37–2.44
Forsyth (white)	22.40	1.42	0.90–2.24		1.35	0.83–2.20
Jackson (black)	26.60	0.78	0.51 −1.21		1.34	0.83–2.15
Minneapolis (white)	25.70	1.16	0.74–1.83		0.83	0.50–1.37
Washington (white)	22.10	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref

Abbreviations: AFU, annual follow-up survey; ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index assessed using inpatient claims between 2005 and 2012; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; NH, nursing home.

^aHigh school degree indicates completion of high school degree or equivalent.

^bP < .001.

^cP < .01.

^dP < .05.