Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for 2,566 Persons Age 65 and Older Who Died in Hospital, 2015–2017.
| Sample | Dementia | No dementia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2,566 | n = 801 | n = 1,765 | ||
| %/Mean (SD) | %/Mean (SD) | %/Mean (SD) | p value | |
| Intensive end-of-life care | ||||
| ICU admission | 47.19 | 33.96 | 53.20 | <0.001 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 42.56 | 34.71 | 46.12 | <0.001 |
| Intubation | 35.00 | 26.34 | 38.92 | <0.001 |
| Resuscitation | 10.09 | 8.11 | 10.99 | 0.025 |
| Feeding tube initiated | 4.91 | 5.24 | 4.76 | 0.60 |
| Any intensive care | 61.22 | 51.69 | 65.55 | <0.001 |
| Key independent variables | ||||
| Dementia diagnosis | 31.22 | |||
| DNR order | 77.08 | 77.53 | 76.88 | 0.719 |
| Timing of DNR placement | <0.001 | |||
| Upon admission (ref) | 22.53 | 30.34 | 18.98 | |
| During hospitalization | 41.08 | 37.20 | 42.83 | |
| Day of death | 13.48 | 9.99 | 15.07 | |
| No DNR | 22.92 | 22.47 | 23.12 | |
| Covariates | ||||
| Race | 0.40 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white (ref) | 52.96 | 54.93 | 52.07 | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 10.17 | 10.36 | 10.08 | |
| Asian | 18.90 | 18.35 | 19.15 | |
| Other race | 7.05 | 5.74 | 7.65 | |
| Hispanic | 10.91 | 10.61 | 11.05 | |
| Insurance | 0.19 | |||
| Medicare (ref) | 85.89 | 87.39 | 85.21 | |
| Medicaid | 6.47 | 6.37 | 6.52 | |
| Self/Private pay/Other | 7.64 | 6.24 | 8.27 | |
| Male | 49.73 | 45.57 | 51.61 | 0.005 |
| Age at death (r: 65–105) | 81.57 (8.97) | 85.78 (7.97) | 79.66 (8.75) | <0.001 |
| Hospital | ||||
| Hospital A | 41.50 | 29.46 | 46.97 | <0.001 |
| Hospital B | 58.50 | 70.54 | 53.03 | |
| Length of stay (r: 0–367) | 11.43 (15.47) | 11.68 (18.29) | 11.32 (14.00) | 0.58 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index (r: 2–20) | 7.40 (2.52) | 7.76 (2.33) | 7.24 (2.58) | <0.001 |
| Death year | 0.25 | |||
| 2015 (ref) | 11.11 | 9.61 | 11.78 | |
| 2016 | 44.15 | 44.44 | 44.02 | |
| 2017 | 44.74 | 45.94 | 44.19 |
Notes. ICU = intensive care unit. DNR = do not resuscitate. P value determined using chi square tests for categorical variables, ANOVA test for continuous variables. Bolded values indicate p < 0.05.