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Table 2 Regression resultsa of individual cost coefficient measured as proportion increase in cost with one unit increase, with 95% CI, n = 380

From: Factors contributing to post-stroke health care utilization and costs, secondary results from the life after stroke (LAST) study

 

Total costs

Primary care

Hospital care

GP

Intervention

0.31† (0.05–0.64)

0.47 (− 0.16–1.58)

− 0.08 (− 0.32–0.24)

−0.22 (− 0.42–0.03)

Need variables

 MAS

−0.04† (− 0.07 − − 0.01)

−0.05 (− 0.11–0.01)

−0.02 (− 0.06–0.02)

0.01 (− 0.03–0.04)

 Gait speed

−0.41† (− 0.63 − − 0.18)

−0.68† (− 1.32 − − 0.05)

−0.25 (− 0.55–0.05)

−0.29† (− 0.57 − − 0.00)

 MMSE

−0.04 (− 0.09–0.01)

−0.17† (− 0.29 − − 0.05)

−0.04 (− 0.10–0.03)

−0.04 (− 0.10–0.02)

 HADS

0.03† (0.00–0.05)

0.01 (− 0.04–0.07)

0.02 (−0.01–0.05)

0.04† (0.01–0.06)

 Barthel

−0.003 (− 0.02–0.02)

−0.01 (− 0.06–0.03)

0.02 (− 0.01–0.04)

0.01 (−0.02–0.04)

 mRS

0.27† (0.12–0.43)

0.18 (− 0.19–0.55)

0.18 (−0.03–0.39)

0.23† (0.02–0.43)

Predisposing variables

 Age 60–69

0.14 (−0.22–0.66)

−0.68 (− 0.91–0.22)

0.35 (− 0.18–1.24)

0.17 (−0.28–0.90)

 Age 70–79

0.15 (− 0.19–0.65)

−0.48 (− 0.85–0.79)

0.22 (− 0.24–0.96)

0.50 (−0.05–1.36)

 Age 80–89

0.40 (− 0.05–1.08)

0.06 (− 0.68–2.55)

0.16 (−0.31–0.96)

0.45 (− 0.12–1.40)

 Age 90+

0.40 (− 0.32–1.86)

−0.33 (− 0.87–2.32)

−0.18 (− 0.69–1.16)

−0.22 (− 0.69–0.93)

 Gender

−0.02 (− 0.24–0.26)

−0.32 (− 0.63–0.24)

−0.06 (− 0.33–0.33)

0.03 (− 0.25–0.42)

Enabling variables

 Living alone

0.35† (0.03–0.77)

0.83† (0.00–2.37)

0.30 (− 0.09–0.87)

−0.15 (− 0.40–0.19)

Other variables

 Asker

0.66† (0.19–1.32)

1.49† (0.06–4.82)

0.40 (− 0.10–1.18)

0.22 (− 0.21–0.86)

 Bærum

0.71† (0.31–1.25)

2.81† (0.94–6.45)

0.10 (−0.24–0.58)

0.29 (− 0.09–0.83)

 Constant

13.70† (11.40–16.01)

18.19† (13.08–23.29)

10.50† (7.47–13.52)

8.48 (5.54–11.42)

 Adj. R-square

36.7

32,3

4.5

7.8

  1. aResults from the regression †P < 0.05