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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 May 25;39(3):282–288. doi: 10.1177/10499091211018661

Table 3.

Characteristics of Children within Three-Class Model (N=6243)

Variables Overall Class 1
Low Intensity
n=3814
Class 2
Moderate Intensity
n=1133
Class 3
High Intensity
n=1296
Age Groups (%)
 <1 yr 10.9 11.1 <10.0 14.8
 1 to 5 yrs 38.0 36.3 50.5 35.4
 6 to 14 yrs 31.1 32.1 29.0 27.1
 15 to 20 yrs 20.0 20.5 15.0 22.7
Gender (%)
 Female 48.5 48.5 50.7 46.8
 Male 51.5 51.5 49.3 53.2
Race (%)
 Caucasian 51.1 59.2 45.2 32.3
 Black 24.0 20.6 47.8 12.9
 Other Races 24.9 20.2 <10.0 54.8
Ethnicity (%)
 Hispanic 23.2 26.5 12.0 23.5
 Non-Hispanic 76.8 73.5 88.0 76.5
Health Conditions (%)
 Cardiovascular 26.2 18.8 11.7 60.8
 Neurological/muscular 25.6 14.9 <10.0 72.3
 Cancer 13.8 <10.0 <10.0 32.0
Comorbidities (%) 38.6 26.7 21.4 88.6
Mental/Behavioral Health Conditions (%) 41.7 33.8 36.7 69.4
Technology Dependence (%) 31.9 21.3 17.9 75.2
Rural/Urban (%)
 Urban 61.4 60.1 80.3 48.7
 Rural 38.6 39.9 19.7 51.3
Region (%)
 Midwest 22.9 <10.0 79.9 19.8
 Northeast 49.3 75.3 12.5 <10.0
 South 17.8 11.4 <10.0 48.5
 West 10.0 <10.0 <10.0 26.6

Note: Health conditions are not mutually exclusive; <10.0 is noted for values under 10% per Data Use Agreement