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Table 6 Multiple linear regression model on the total health care costs per year in an elderly population (≥65 years of age) (n = 229493)

From: Multimorbidity, health care utilization and costs in an elderly community-dwelling population: a claims data based observational study

Total health care costs

 

B (95% CI)

Sign.

Age group by male gender

  

65-69 (male)

1.000

 

70-74 (male)

1.086 (1.070 - 1.102)

***

75-79 (male)

1.103 (1.085 - 1.120)

***

80-84 (male)

1.090 (1.071 - 1.110)

***

85+ (male)

1.057 (1.036 - 1.080)

***

Age group by female gender

  

65-69 (female)

1.000

 

70-74 (female)

1.011 (0.983 - 1.040)

 

75-79 (female)

0.967 (0.939 - 0.996)

*

80-84 (female)

0.920 (0.891 - 0.951)

***

85+ (female)

0.879 (0.848 - 0.912)

***

Number of chronic conditions

1.326 (1.324 - 1.329)

***

Linguistic region

  

German

1.000

 

French

0.991 (0.981 - 1.001)

 

Italian

0.977 (0.964 - 0.990)

***

Rhaeto-Romanic

0.994 (0.915 - 1.080)

 

Purchasing power

  

1 (high)

1.000

 

2

0.966 (0.955 - 0.977)

***

3

0.934 (0.923 - 0.945)

***

4

0.905 (0.895 - 0.916)

***

5 (low)

0.866 (0.856 - 0.876)

***

Deductible class

0.817 (0.808 - 0.826)

***

Managed care

0.998 (0.991 - 1.006)

 

Accident coverage

1.000 (0.974 - 1.026)

 

Nursing dependency

1.980 (1.952 - 2.007)

***

Total health care costs in 2012

1.464 (1.459 - 1.468)

***

R2

.617

 
  1. ***p-value <0.001 **p-value <0.01 *p-value <0.05.