TABLE 3.

Predictors of inpatient death among pediatric patients with malignant CNS tumors

Variable	OR	95% CI	p Value
Payer information
Private insurance	Ref
Medicaid	1.0	0.5–1.8	>0.99
Self-pay	0.6	0.1–4.0	0.61
Other	0.7	0.2–1.9	0.46
Race
White	Ref
Black	1.4	0.5–3.4	0.52
Hispanic	1.6	0.7–3.8	0.24
Asian Pacific Islander	3.4	1.1–10.2	0.03*
Other	1.1	0.3–4.2	0.91
Sex
Male	Ref
Female	2.2	1.2–4.0	<0.01
Age
<1 yr	6.3	0.7–61.8	0.11
1–4 yrs old	0.9	0.1–8.9	0.92
5–9 yrs	0.6	0.1–5.7	0.65
10–17 yrs	0.6	0.1–5.2	0.63
18–20 yrs	Ref
Tumor location
Frontal	Ref
Cerebrum (nonlobar)	0.6	0.1–3.8	0.55
Temporal	1.0	0.3–3.7	>0.99
Parietal	1.5	0.3–7.2	0.58
Occipital	0.8	0.1–8.5	0.86
Ventricles	0.7	0.2–2.5	0.55
Cerebellum	1.7	0.4–6.9	0.46
Brainstem	2.8	0.7–10.6	0.14
Other location in brain	3.0	0.8–11.3	0.11
Brain, unspecified	1.7	0.4–7.0	0.44
Hospital type
Not a children’s hospital	1.9	0.8–4.9	0.15
Children’s unit	2.1	0.8–5.4	0.12
Children’s hospital	Ref
Hospital size
Small (<200 beds)	Ref
Medium (200–400 beds)	0.6	0.2–1.3	0.20
Large (>400 beds)	0.4	0.2–1.1	0.09
Hospital region
Northeast	Ref
Midwest	1.8	0.5–6.1	0.37
South	0.9	0.4–1.9	0.71
West	1.8	0.7–4.5	0.22
Hospital teaching status
Nonteaching	Ref
Teaching	0.3	0.1–1.3	0.11
Hospital location
Rural	Ref
Urban	0.4	0.0–5.7	0.52
Admission source
Routine	Ref
ER	2.1	0.9–4.9	0.07
Another hospital	5.1	2.1–12.3	<0.01*
Other health facility	4.3	1.0–17.9	0.05*
Admission type
Elective	Ref
Emergency	2.8	1.0–7.4	0.04*
Urgent	1.0	0.3–3.1	0.96
Procedure vol quartile
1st	Ref
2nd	1.6	0.2–12.3	0.65
3rd	1.3	0.1–12.9	0.81
4th	2.4	0.2–22.6	0.46

^*Statistically significant (p < 0.05).