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Table 3 Results Model 21

From: Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; The Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate between 2003 and 2005

 

Mean (SD)

Corr.

Regression coefficient (standard error)

   

Univariable

Multilevel

Multilevel All2

Pooled OLS All2

Level 1

      

Year

-

-0.45*

-8.4 (0.5)*

-8.2 (0.5)*

-8.3 (0.5)*

-8.3 (0.6)*

Discharge procedure

-

0.04

0.7 (2.3)

-

1.0 (1.9)

-0.7 (2.5)

Level 2

      

GPs per 10,000 inhabitants

5.3 (0.3)

-0.17*

-8.1 (3.9)*

-10.6 (3.8)*

-10.5 (3.9)*

-10.2 (3.9)*

SES

0.3 (0.4)

-0.04

-1.7 (3.5)

-

-2.1 (3.4)

-1.9 (3.2)

Nursing home beds per 10,000 inhabitants

39.0 (7.1)

-0.02

-0.0 (0.2)

-

-0.0 (0.2)

0.0 (0.2)

Hospital type

-

0.26*

15.1 (4.7)*

14.7 (5.9)*

14.5 (6.1)*

15.5 (7.6)*

Teaching status

-

-0.02

-1.1 (2.7)

-

-4.8 (3.1)

-5.3 (3.0)

Hospital size

483 (245)

0.18*

0.01 (0.0)*

-0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

Volume

36.8 (5.3)

-0.21*

-0.6 (0.2)*

-0.2 (0.3)

-0.1 (0.3)

-0.1 (0.2)

Bed occupancy rate (%)

65.0 (8.8)

0.04

0.1 (0.2)

-

-

-

Beddays for daycases/total beddays (%)

12.6 (2.8)

-0.25*

-1.4 (0.5)*

-0.6 (0.5)

-0.6 (0.5)

-0.7 (0.5)

Nurses per bed

1.1 (0.2)

0.10

7.1 (6.3)

-

-

-

Doctors per bed

0.3 (0.1)

0.05

6.8 (12.3)

-

-

-

N

-

-

-

271

267

267

ICC

-

-

-

0.66

0.66

-

-2*loglikelihood (IGLS)

-

-

-

2021

1990

-

  1. 1 Y = HSMR (2003 = 100), Corr. = Bivariate Pearson correlation coefficient.
  2. 2 Due to perceived multicollinearity occupancy rate, doctors/bed and nurses/bed were excluded.
  3. * Statistically significant (95% interval)