Predictors of a long (≥6 days) vs short (≤5 days) hospital stay among hospice patients who survived to discharge (n=1457): multivariate logistic regression results
| Patient predictors | OR (95% CI) (p value) |
|---|---|
| Age, years | |
| ≤64 | 1.89 (1.08 to 3.33) (0.03) |
| 65–74 | 1.65 (0.96 to 2.85) (0.07) |
| 75–84 | 1.00 (referent) |
| 85–94 | 0.91 (0.55 to 1.49) (0.70) |
| 95+ | 1.16 (0.51 to 2.62) (0.73) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 1.00 (referent) |
| Female | 1.02 (0.71 to 1.46) (0.94) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 1.00 (referent) |
| Hispanic | 1.13 (0.72 to 1.76) (0.60) |
| Black | 1.22 (0.65 to 2.28) (0.53) |
| Other | 1.08 (0.31 to 3.73) (0.91) |
| Payer | |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 4.87 (2.50 to 9.51) (<0.0001) |
| Private insurance | 1.00 (referent) |
| Tricare/Federal | 2.71 (1.50 to 4.89) (0.001) |
| Other | 0.86 (0.42 to 1.76) (0.68) |
| Clinical diagnoses* (present vs absent) | |
| Cancer | 1.80 (1.15 to 2.79) (0.01) |
| Heart failure | 1.65 (1.00 to 2.70) (0.047) |
| Stroke | 1.81 (1.07 to 3.07) (0.027) |
| Psychosis | 1.52 (0.99 to 2.34) (0.059) |
| Discharge destination | |
| Hospice | 1.00 (referent) |
| Healthcare facility | 4.67 (2.94 to 7.41) (<0.0001) |
| Home | 2.61 (1.49 to 4.57) (0.0008) |
*The following diagnoses were also included in the model and all were insignificant: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischaemic heart disease, pneumonia/influenza, HIV, hypertensive disease, non-ischaemic heart disease, any fracture, complication of medical devices, respiratory failure, drug/alcohol dependence, sepsis, acute renal failure, end-stage renal disease and senility.