Independent variable | Coefficient, β | Standard error | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Year | -3875 | 216 | <.0001 |
Palliative care consultation | −34,188 | 1385 | <.0001 |
Palliative procedure | 40,123 | 1251 | <.0001 |
Age-group | − 5136 | 398 | <.0001 |
Female | − 1648 | 878 | 0.0607 |
Race | |||
White (reference) | |||
Black | − 3169 | 1304 | 0.0151 |
Hispanic | 6353 | 1422 | <.0001 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 6023 | 1885 | 0.0014 |
Other | 8225 | 2213 | 0.0002 |
Primary payer | |||
Private insurance (reference) | |||
Medicare | − 260 | 1199 | 0.8282 |
Medicaid | − 4413 | 1489 | 0.0030 |
Uninsured | − 7770 | 2649 | 0.0034 |
No charge | − 3571 | 6607 | 0.5888 |
Other | − 4259 | 2730 | 0.1188 |
Severity of illness: APR-DRG | 37,626 | 692 | <.0001 |
Number of diagnoses | 3422 | 93 | <.0001 |
Died in hospitals | 20,577 | 17,44 | <.0001 |
Quartile of median income by zip code | 393 | 426 | 0.3558 |
Hospital bed size | |||
Large (reference) | |||
Small | −20,159 | 1514 | <.0001 |
Medium | −12,811 | 1244 | <.0001 |
Hospital location and teaching status | |||
Urban-teaching (reference) | |||
Rural | −39,661 | 2084.02 | <.0001 |
Urban-nonteaching | − 9499.56 | 1237.25 | <.0001 |
Hospital region | |||
South (reference) | |||
Northeast | 10,463 | 1877 | <.0001 |
Midwest | −14,660 | 1754 | <.0001 |
West | 30,606 | 1840 | <.0001 |