Table 4 Results for the French speaking part of Switzerland (N = 9,745)
From: Determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life in Switzerland
Length of stay (days) | IRR | 95 % CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | |||
Age (at time of death) (p < 0.001) | 0.99 | 0.99–0.99 | ||
Sex (p < 0.05) | ||||
men | 41.6 | 46.5 | 1.00 | |
women | 42.6 | 46.5 | 1.01 | 0.97–1.06 |
Cause of death (p < 0.001) | ||||
cancer (ref.) | 48.1 | 42.1 | 1.00 | |
coronary heart disease | 30.7 | 43.4 | 0.67 | 0.62–0.73 |
stroke | 32.8 | 46.6 | 0.70 | 0.65–0.77 |
COPD | 49.8 | 58.1 | 0.96 | 0.85–1.09 |
dementia | 70.0 | 72.3 | 1.54 | 1.31–1.82 |
other | 38.5 | 47.5 | 0.84 | 0.80–0.89 |
Multimorbidity (p < 0.001) | ||||
no (ref.) | 40.6 | 43.0 | 1.00 | |
yes | 48.0 | 51.0 | 1.22 | 1.15–1.30 |
unknown (no hospital stay) | 36.8 | 42.6 | 0.91 | 0.86–0.96 |
ICU during last stay (p < 0.001) | ||||
no (ref.) | 44.5 | 47.7 | 1.00 | |
1–48 h | 23.8 | 35.7 | 0.54 | 0.49–0.58 |
more than 48 h | 33.9 | 37.5 | 0.76 | 0.71–0.82 |
Educational level (p < 0.001) | ||||
medium (ref.) | 40.5 | 43.6 | 1.00 | |
low | 41.2 | 48.9 | 1.02 | 0.96–1.07 |
high | 43.9 | 48.0 | 1.09 | 1.02–1.17 |
unknown | 44.7 | 50.4 | 1.09 | 1.03–1.16 |
House or flat owner (p < 0.001) | ||||
tenant (ref.) | 44.1 | 49.2 | 1.00 | |
owner-occupier | 39.2 | 42.2 | 0.92 | 0.88–0.97 |
Room category (p < 0.01) | ||||
regular (ref.) | 42.9 | 47.6 | 1.00 | |
semi-private/private | 35.0 | 34.5 | 0.83 | 0.77–0.89 |
Marital status (p < 0.001) | ||||
married (ref.) | 40.9 | 43.9 | 1.00 | |
never married | 41.8 | 48.5 | 1.02 | 0.94–1.11 |
widowed | 42.0 | 47.5 | 1.08 | 1.02–1.14 |
divorced | 50.0 | 55.3 | 1.15 | 1.06–1.25 |
Nationality (p < 0.001) | ||||
Swiss (ref.) | 41.1 | 45.5 | 1.00 | |
foreign | 49.9 | 53.5 | 1.11 | 1.04–1.19 |
Nursing home bed densitya (p > 0.001) | 0.89 | 0.88–0.91 | ||