VARIABLES | DESCRIPTION | Category of facilities |
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Dependent variables | ||
 LOS_MCO/ LOS_SSR | The mean hospital stay length in MCO or SSR of elderly people (≥75 years of age) relative to the total ≥ 75-year-old population | Hospital |
Independent variables | ||
 ISA_MCO/ ISA_SSR | Index of spatial accessibility to MCO and SSR facilities | Hospital |
 APL_GPs | Localized Potential Accessibility to general practitioners | Non-hospital |
 APL_Nurses | Localized Potential Accessibility to home-visiting nurses | Non-hospital |
 APL_Physiotherapists | Localized Potential Accessibility to physiotherapists | Non-hospital |
 Composite_APL | Built from APL_GPs, APL_Nurses and APL_Physiotherapists using principal component analysis | Non-hospital |