Predictors | Acute LOSa N = 396 | Medium LOSc N = 644 | Palliative LOSe N = 1,205 | |||
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 | Full model OR (95 % CI) | Reduced modelbOR (95 % CI) | Full model OR (95 % CI) | Reduced modeldOR (95 % CI) | Full model OR (95 % CI) | Reduced modelfOR (95 % CI) |
Age at death | 1.11 (1.05, 1.18)* | 1.11 (1.04, 1.17)* | 1.04 (0.99, 1.10) | Â | Â | Â |
Time from last survey to death (days) | Â | Â | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | Â | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | |
Mode of separation from last admission | ||||||
 Home |  |  | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
 Died in hospital |  |  | 3.99 (2.70, 5.92)* | 4.16 (2.87, 6.02)* | 2.09 (1.57, 2.78)* | 2.76 (2.11, 3.62)* |
 Nursing home |  |  | 2.83 (1.43, 5.58)* | 3.07 (1.57, 6.00)* | 3.04 (1.93, 4.79)* | 3.86 (2.49, 5.99)* |
  gWidowed marital status | 0.79 (0.52, 1.22) |  |  |  | 1.16 (0.90, 1.51) | 1.21 (0.95, 1.55) |
  gPrivate health insurance |  |  |  |  | 0.93 (0.71, 1.21) |  |
  hNumber of acute level hospital admission |  |  | 0.99 (0.85, 1.16) |  | 0.98 (0.89, 1.08) | |
  iNumber of medium level hospital admissions |  |  |  |  | 1.16 (1.01, 1.34)* | 1.27 (1.10, 1.45)* |
Cause of death | ||||||
 Cancer | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
 Other | 0.58 (0.33, 1.03) | 0.60 (0.34, 1.06)* | 0.54 (0.33, 0.88)* | 0.53 (0.33, 0.86)* | 0.66 (0.47, 0.94)* | 0.61 (0.44, 0.86)* |
 Organ failure | 1.15 (0.59, 2.24) | 1.18 (0.61, 2.29) | 0.81 (0.49, 1.33) | 0.83 (0.51, 1.37) | 0.83 (0.58, 1.18) | 0.76 (0.54, 1.06) |
 Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease | 0.60 (0.29, 1.21) | 0.62 (0.31, 1.25)* | 0.80 (0.44, 1.45) | 0.82 (0.46, 1.45) | 0.50 (0.31, 0.79)* | 0.49 (0.32, 0.76)* |
 Diabetes | 0.79 (0.32, 1.97) | 0.81 (0.32, 2.00) | 0.59 (0.27, 1.30) | 0.63 (0.29, 1.35) | 0.80 (0.46, 1.40) | 0.80 (0.48, 1.33) |
 Influenza/pneumonia | 0.61 (0.22, 1.70) | 0.63 (0.23, 1.79) | 0.45 (0.18, 1.13) | 0.48 (0.19, 1.19) | 0.68 (0.35, 1.33) | 0.67 (0.35, 1.29) |
  gHypertension | 1.51 (0.98, 2.34) | 1.50 (0.97, 2.31) | 1.26 (0.88, 1.80) | 1.35 (0.95, 1.91) | 1.15 (0.89, 1.49) |  |
  gArthritis | 1.74 (1.09, 2.76)* | 1.72 (1.08, 2.72)* | 1.13 (0.77, 1.65) |  |  |  |
  gAsthma |  |  | 1.99 (1.11, 3.58)* | 2.00 (1.13, 3.53)* | 1.30 (0.89, 1.49) | 1.38 (0.94, 2.02) |
Cardiovascular disease | ||||||
  gFalls experienced in the previous 12 months | 1.09 (0.89, 1.50) |  |  |  | 1.14 (0.87, 1.49) | 1.21 (0.94, 1.55) |
 Physical functioning |  |  |  | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) |  |