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Table 3 Results of the logistic regression

From: Factors related to and economic implications of inhospital death in German lung cancer patients - results of a Nationwide health insurance claims data based study

 

OR a, b

95% CI a, c

p-value

Age at death

0.985

0.98–0.989

< 0.0001

Sex

 Male vs female

0.95

0.87–1.04

0.2533

Survival in months

1.01

1.006–1.02

< 0.0001

Living in a nursing home

0.25

0.21–0.30

< 0.0001

Care level (reference = no care level)

 1

0.47

0.42–0.53

< 0.0001

 2

0.26

0.24–0.29

< 0.0001

 3

0.16

0.14–0.19

< 0.0001

Healthcare utilisation

 Number of hospital days d

1.04

1.036–1.05

< 0.0001

Palliative Care

 Inpatient palliative care

1.85

1.66–2.08

< 0.0001

 Outpatient palliative care

0.25

0.20–0.32

< 0.0001

Chemotherapy in last 30 days of life

1.61

1.46–1.77

< 0.0001

Charlson Comorbidities Groups

 Congestive Heart Failure

1.21

1.11–1.33

< 0.0001

 Renal Disease

1.19

1.08–1.32

0.0006

Body regions with Metastases

 Cerebral metastases

0.86

0.77–0.96

0.0050

  1. a Values are rounded to two decimals except if they would be rounded to exactly 1 then they are rounded to three decimals
  2. b Odds ratio
  3. c 95% confidence interval
  4. d Healthcare utilization by month survived between diagnosis and death