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Table 3 β-valuesa for assumed linear relationship between percentiles of long-term care (LTC) rates and hospital day ratesb

From: Does long-term care use within primary health care reduce hospital use among older people in Norway? A national five-year population-based observational study

Sex and age group

Crude

Adjusted for age

Adjusted for age, travel time

Adjusted for age, mortality

Fully adjusted model

 

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Men, age 67-84

-64.02*

64.58***

92.00***

44.91**

76.99***

 

(-110.3 - -17.7)

(34.8 - 94.4)

(59.2 - 124.7)

(14.7-75.2)

(44.3-109.7)

Men, age 85+

-114.93*

-139.53**

9.07

-122.48*

142.36***

 

(-214.1 - -15.7)

(-238.9 - -40.1)

(-95.5 - 113.6)

(-221.5 - -23.l3)

(58.3 - 226.5)

Women, age 67-79

68.90***

47.10***

56.66***

32.45***

52.47***

 

(34.2 - 103.8)

(23.2 - 71.0)

(32.1 - 81.2)

(8.3-56.5)

(25.7 - 79.2)

Women, age 80+

-162.30***

-112.37***

-45.64

-133.10***

-16.14

 

(-211.6- -112,9)

(-160.1 - -64.6)

(-93.1 - 1.8)

(-179.9- -86.3)

(-54.0 - 21.7)

  1. a Adjusted for age, mortality, travel time to hospital, education, composite variable of "municipality population size" and "hospital status", with municipality as random factor.
  2. b By age-specific percentiles of long-term care (LTC-) rates in men and women aged 67 years and older.
  3. P values: *** for p < 0,001, ** for p < 0,01 and * for p < 0, 05