TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics and Hospice Dis-Enrollment Rates

	Total		Dis-enroll from Hospice		Remain with Hospice Until Death		Unadjusted
	N=90,826	%	N=9,936	%	N=80,890	%	OR	95% CI
Age at Death
< 70 years	10,682	11.8%	1,208	11.3%	9,474	88.7%	1.00
70 to 77 years	31,944	35.2%	3,370	10.5%	28,574	89.5%	0.93	(0.87, 1.00)
78 to 84 years	28,526	31.4%	3,138	11.0%	25,388	89.0%	0.97	(0.91, 1.04)
85 years and older	19,674	21.7%	2,220	11.3%	17,454	88.7%	0.99	(0.92, 1.06)
Race
White Non-Hispanic	77,662	85.5%	8,029	10.3%	69,633	89.7%	1.00
White Hispanic	3,540	3.9%	478	13.5%	3,062	86.5%	1.27	(1.15, 1.40)**
Black	6,672	7.3%	976	14.6%	5,696	85.4%	1.51	(1.40, 1.62)**
Other	2,829	3.1%	443	15.7%	2,386	84.3%	1.59	(1.37, 1.83)**
Unknown	123	0.1%	10	8.1%	113	91.9%
Sex
Female	47,168	51.9%	5,063	10.7%	42,105	89.3%	1.00
Male	43,658	48.1%	4,873	11.2%	38,785	88.8%	1.04	(1.00, 1.09)*
Marital Status
Married	44,332	48.8%	4,758	10.7%	39,574	89.3%	1.00
Not married	42,483	46.8%	4,749	11.2%	37,734	88.8%	1.04	(1.01, 1.08)*
Unknown	4,011	4.4%	429	10.7%	3,582	89.3%
Site of Primary Cancer
Lung	23,550	25.9%	2,455	10.4%	21,095	89.6%	1.00
Colon	10,839	11.9%	1,238	11.4%	9,601	88.6%	1.04	(1.01, 1.16)*
Prostate	8,066	8.9%	967	12.0%	7,099	88.0%	1.13	(1.05, 1.22)*
Breast	6,432	7.1%	743	11.6%	5,689	88.4%	1.09	(1.00, 1.19)*
Pancreas	5,869	6.5%	616	10.5%	5,253	89.5%	1.00	(0.92, 1.09)
Bladder	3,126	3.4%	302	9.7%	2,824	90.3%	0.91	(0.81, 1.03)
Lymph	2,954	3.3%	298	10.1%	2,656	89.9%	0.96	(0.84, 1.09)
Ovarian	2,280	2.5%	217	9.5%	2,063	90.5%	0.89	(0.78, 1.01)
Kidney	2,108	2.3%	260	12.3%	1,848	87.7%	1.19	(1.05, 1.35)*
Uterine	1,721	1.9%	179	10.4%	1,542	89.6%	0.98	(0.84, 1.14)
Other	23,881	26.3%	2,661	11.1%	21,220	88.9%	1.06	(1.01, 1.12)*
Comorbidity Index Value
0	35,642	39.2%	3,917	11.0%	31,725	89.0%	1.00
1 or more	55,184	60.8%	6,019	10.9%	49,165	89.1%	1.03	(1.00, 1.07)
Type of Hospice Care
Inpatient	12,331	13.6%	1,096	8.9%	11,235	91.1%	1.00
Home hospice only	78,495	86.4%	8,840	11.3%	69,655	88.7%	1.22	(1.14, 1.30)**

^*P<0.05

^**P<0.001