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Table 4 Multilevel regression models for homecare nurses’ assessments of Availability of Information unstandardized coefficients (ß) and standard errors (SE)

From: A nation-wide cross-sectional study of variations in homecare nurses’ assessments of informational continuity – the importance of horizontal collaboration and municipal context

 

Model 1

Empty model

Model 2

Model 3a

Collaboration

Model 3b

Random slope

Model 4

Structural factors

Fixed effect

ß (SE)

ß (SE))

ß (SE)

ß (SE)

ß (SE)

Intercept

25.53 (0.14)

25.51 (0.35)

25.46 (0.34)

25.41 (0.34)

28.97 (1.85)

Nurse-level variables

 Years at current workplace

 

0.32 (0.08)***

0.22 (0.08)**

0.23 (0.08)**

0.21 (0.08)**

 Management position (0 = yes/1 = no)

 

−0.73 (0.31)*

−0.54 (0.30)

− 0.51 (0.30)

− 0.45 (0.31)

 Collaboration Allotment office (Mean-centred)

  

0.96 (0.12)***

0.96 (0.11)***

0.96 (0.11)***

 Collaboration GP (Mean-centred)

  

1.00 (0.13)***

0.88 (0.16)***

0.86 (0.17)***

Structural characteristics municipality

 Share population ≥ 80 years

    

−0.20 (0.18)

 Unrestricted revenues in NOK

    

−0.01 (0.02)

 Share of homecare recipients ≥80 years of the 80+ population

    

−0.02 (0.03)

 Number of FTEs per 10,000 inhabitants

    

0.003 (0.002)

 Centrality class 1 (most central) – 6 (least central)

    

−0.27 (0.19)

 Municipality size 1 (smallest)-5 (largest)

    

−0.47 (0.16)**

Random effect

Variance component

Variance component

Variance component

Variance component

Variance component

Municipal level variance

 Intercept (Var U0j)

1.39 (0.43)

1.23 (0.40)

0.67 (0.30)

0.56 (0.29)

0.50 (0.62)

 Collaboration GP (VarU1j)

   

1.13 (0.47)

1.09 (0.49)

 Covariance (U0jU1j)

   

0.03 (0.26)

0.08 (0.28)

Nurse level (residual) variance

15.72 (0.65)

15.36 (0.63)

13.88 (0.59)

13.16 (0.59)

13.31 (0.62)

Deviance (AIC)

7885.04

7777.29

6953.12

6941.51

6609.77

  1. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001