Table 2.

Logistic Regression Analysis of Likelihood of Receiving Palliative Care Consult

Parameter	African American patients			White patients
	Estimate	SE	p Value	Estimate	SE	p Value
Intercept	−2.0415	0.1688	<0.0001	−1.8617	0.1351	<0.0001
Age (years)
18–39	−0.858	0.212	<0.0001	−0.315	0.133	0.018
40–55	−0.189	0.128	0.139	−0.148	0.094	0.113
56–65	0.222	0.113	0.0497	0.119	0.077	0.123
66–75	0.077	0.126	0.544	−0.013	0.078	0.872
>75	0	—	—	0	—	—
Gender
Male	−0.0548	0.0593	0.356	−0.1562	0.0407	0.0001
Female	0	—		0	—
Medicaida
Yes	0.114	0.082	0.164	0.141	0.095	0.139
No	0	—		0	—
Primary diagnosis
Cancer	0	—		0	—	—
Cardiovascular disorder and heart failure	−0.100	0.137	0.467	−0.492	0.102	<0.0001
Endocrine disorder	−0.449	0.334	0.18	0.082	0.235	0.727
GI disorder	−0.011	0.203	0.956	0.066	0.130	0.612
Gynecologic or urologic disorder	−0.193	0.247	0.436	−0.260	0.215	0.2259
Infectious disease and sepsis	−0.070	0.151	0.641	0.016	0.120	0.891
Neurologic disorder	−0.370	0.193	0.056	−0.254	0.154	0.099
Respiratory disorder	0.282	0.282	0.199	0.615	0.148	<0.0001
Other	−0.130	0.186	0.484	−0.288	0.153	0.059
APR-DRG risk of mortality
Minor	−2.129	0.239	<0.0001	−2.371	0.176	<0.0001
Moderate	−0.602	0.141	<0.0001	−0.423	0.094	<0.0001
Major	0.988	0.111	<0.0001	1.013	0.080	<0.0001
Extreme	0	—	—	0	—	—
ICU during index hospitalization
Yes	0.138	0.066	0.036	0.149	0.043	0.0005
No	0	—		0	—
ICU >6 days during index hospitalization
Yes	0.232	0.090	0.01	0.265	0.056	<0.0001
No	0	—		0	—
Seen by oncology in index hospitalization
Yes	0.284	0.088	0.001	0.266	0.051	<0.0001
No	0	—		0	—
Admitted to hospital 30 days earlier
Yes	1.435	0.097	<0.0001	1.589	0.064	<0.0001
No	0	—		0	—
Direct cost of index hospitalization (impact per $1,000)a	2.92 × 10−3	1.52 × 10−3	0.0535	1.72 × 10−3	9.55 × 10−4	0.072

^aFor every increase of $1,000 in direct costs, the estimate shows the expected increase in getting a palliative care consult.

Bold indicates a significant p value with significance taken at the 0.05 level.

SE, standard error.