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Table 1 Description of the dependent and independent variables used in this study

From: Measuring hospital spatial accessibility using the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method to assess the impact of spatial accessibility to hospital and non-hospital care on the length of hospital stay

VARIABLES

DESCRIPTION

Category of facilities

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

  1. MCO Medical, Surgical and Obstetrics, SSR Postoperative and Rehabilitation Care