Table 1.
Univariate and multivariate analysis–modeled results: death resulting from HMs at home or in hospice facility (vs death in another location)
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| All cancers (HMs and solid tumors) | ||||
| Year of death (continuous variable) | 1.058 (1.058-1.058) | <.001 | 1.047 (1.046-1.047) | <.001 |
| Age, y | ||||
| Age (continuous variable) | 0.997 (0.0997-0.998) | <.001 | — | <.001 |
| 0-39 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| 40-64 | 1.366 (1.351-1.381) | <.001 | 1.095 (1.077-1.112) | <.001 |
| ≥65 | 1.295 (1.281-1.309) | <.001 | 1.050 (1.034-1.067) | <.001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Male | 1.030 (1.027-1.033) | <.001 | 0.930 (0.926-0.934) | <.001 |
| Marital status* | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| Single (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Married | 2.027 (2.058-2.082) | <.001 | 1.997 (1.982-2.013) | <.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 1.361 (1.352-1.370) | <.001 | 1.284 (1.273-1.296) | <.001 |
| Widowed | 1.411 (1.403-1.419) | <.001 | 1.388 (1.376-1.400) | <.001 |
| Education level† | <.001 | |||
| Some high school or less (reference) | 1.000 | <.001 | 1.000 | |
| High school graduate (≥4 y) | 1.047 (1.042-1.052) | <.001 | 0.976 (0.970-0.981) | <.001 |
| Some college/associates degree | 1.174 (1.167-1.181) | <.001 | 1.068 (1.061-1.076) | <.001 |
| College graduate (≥4 y) | 1.163 (1.155-1.171) | <.001 | 1.055 (1.047-1.063) | <.001 |
| Advanced degree | 1.206 (1.196-1.216) | <.001 | 1.092 (1.082-1.102) | <.001 |
| Race | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| White (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Black or African American | 0.669 (0.666-0.672) | <.001 | 0.693 (0.731-0.757) | <.001 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 0.776 (0.768-0.783) | <.001 | 0.636 (0.629-0.644) | <.001 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.888 (0.869-0.906) | <.001 | 0.859 (0.836-0.883) | <.001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Hispanic | 1.089 (1.082-1.096) | <.001 | 0.954 (0.946-0.962) | <.001 |
| Primary cancer diagnosis | ||||
| Solid tumor (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| HM | 0.570 (0.567-0.573) | <.001 | 0.547 (0.543-0.551) | <.001 |
| HMs only | ||||
| Year of death (continuous variable) | 1.058 (1.058-1.058) | <.001 | 1.053 (1.051-1.055) | <.001 |
| Age, y | ||||
| Age (continuous variable) | 0.997 (0.0997-0.998) | <.001 | — | <.001 |
| 0-39 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| 40-64 | 1.366 (1.351-1.381) | <.001 | 1.335 (1.281-1.390) | <.001 |
| ≥65 | 1.295 (1.281-1.309) | <.001 | 1.888 (1.814-1.965) | <.001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Male | 1.030 (1.027-1.033) | <.001 | 0.990 (0.977-1.003) | .133 |
| Marital status* | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| Single (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Married | 2.027 (2.058-2.082) | <.001 | 1.612 (1.570-1.655) | <.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 1.361 (1.352-1.370) | <.001 | 1.241 (1.204-1.280) | <.001 |
| Widowed | 1.411 (1.403-1.419) | <.001 | 1.417 (1.377-1.458) | <.001 |
| Education level† | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| Some high school or less (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| High school graduate (≥4 y) | 1.047 (1.042-1.052) | <.001 | 0.969 (0.952-0.986) | <.001 |
| Some college/associates degree | 1.174 (1.167-1.181) | <.001 | 1.030 (1.010-1.051) | .004 |
| College graduate (≥4 y) | 1.163 (1.155-1.171) | <.001 | 0.984 (0.963-1.007) | .174 |
| Advanced degree | 1.206 (1.196-1.216) | <.001 | 1.000 (0.974-1.026) | .991 |
| Race | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| White (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Black or African American | 0.669 (0.666-0.672) | <.001 | 0.680 (0.664-0.695) | <.001 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 0.776 (0.768-0.783) | <.001 | 0.575 (0.552-0.599) | <.001 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.888 (0.869-0.906) | <.001 | 0.884 (0.804-0.972) | .011 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Hispanic | 1.089 (1.082-1.096) | <.001 | 0.843 (0.824-0.864) | <.001 |
| Primary cancer diagnosis‡ | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| Acute leukemia (reference) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
| Chronic leukemia | 0.887 (0.870-0.904) | <.001 | 0.829 (0.810-0.849) | <.001 |
| Aggressive lymphoma | 1.244 (1.209-1.279) | <.001 | 1.141 (1.103-1.180) | <.001 |
| Nonaggressive lymphoma | 1.077 (1.044-1.110) | <.001 | 1.181 (1.136-1.227) | <.001 |
| Myeloma | 1.325 (1.305-1.344) | <.001 | 1.338 (1.313-1.364) | <.001 |
| Other leukemia/lymphoma | 1.155 (1.140-1.169) | <.001 | 1.133 (1.115-1.152) | <.001 |
*
Martial status is unknown in 0.7% of the 2003-2015 data file.
†
Education level is unknown in 38.5% of the 2003-2015 data file.
‡
Acute leukemia includes acute myeloid and acute lymphocytic leukemias; chronic leukemia includes chronic myeloid and chronic lymphocytic leukemias; aggressive lymphoma includes diffuse large B-cell and Burkitt’s lymphomas; nonaggressive lymphoma includes Hodgkin disease and follicular lymphoma; and myeloma includes multiple myeloma, plasma cell leukemia, and plasmacytoma.