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Table 5 Logistic regression model for emergency department visits or hospitalizations

From: Predictors of emergency room visits or acute hospital admissions prior to death among hospice palliative care clients in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

Independent variable

Predisposing only

Enabling only

Need only

All

Model 1

Model 2

 

P.E.

Odds ratio

P.E.

Odds ratio

P.E.

Odds ratio

P.E.

Odds ratio

P.E.

Odds ratio

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

Predisposing

          

Married

0.47

1.61

    

0.55

1.74

0.55

1.74

(0.15)

(1.19-2.18)

    

(0.17)

(1.25-2.41)

(0.17)

(1.25-2.41)

Wish to die at

−0.84

0.43

    

−0.61

0.54

−0.61

0.54

Home

(0.17)

(0.31-0.61)

    

(0.19)

(0.37-0.79)

(0.19)

(0.37-0.79)

Any advance

−0.96

0.38

    

−0.94

0.39

−0.93

0.39

Directives present

(0.15)

(0.28-0.52)

    

(0.17)

(0.27-0.55)

(0.17)

(0.28-0.55)

Enabling

          

Caregiver

  

−0.59

0.55

  

−0.69

0.50

−0.67

0.53

Distressed

  

(0.20)

(0.37-0.82)

  

(0.23)

(0.32-0.79)

(0.23)

(0.38-0.74)

Client’s cost of

  

−0.50

0.61

  

−0.60

0.55

−0.64

0.55

Care > Median

  

(0.15)

(0.45-0.81)

  

(0.17)

(0.39-0.76)

(0.17)

(0.39-0.76)

Need

          

Hospitalization in

    

−0.43

0.65

−0.55

0.57

−0.51

0.60

Last 90 days

    

(0.21)

(0.46-0.91)

(0.18)

(0.40-0.82)

(0.18)

(0.41-0.86)

Believes physical

    

0.55

1.73

0.37

1.45

0.38

1.46

Function can improve

    

(0.20)

(1.18-2.55)

(0.21)

(0.96-2.10)

(0.21)

(0.97-2.21)

Bladder/bowel

    

−0.63

0.53

−0.39

0.68

−0.46

0.63

Incontinence

    

(0.19)

(0.37-0.77)

(0.20)

(0.46-1.01)

(0.20)

(0.43-0.94)

Swallowing

    

−0.58

0.56

−0.50

0.61

−0.52

0.59

Difficulties

    

(0.18)

(0.39-0.80)

(0.18)

(0.41-0.89)

(0.19)

(0.40-0.86)

Dizziness

    

−0.33

0.72

−0.45

0.64

−0.41

0.66

     

(0.17)

(0.51-1.00)

(0.18)

(0.45-0.91)

(0.18)

(0.46-0.94)

Peripheral edema

    

−0.31

0.74

    
     

(0.17)

(0.51-1.03)

    

Any cognitive

    

−0.63

0.53

−0.63

0.53

−0.65

0.52

Impairment (incl delirium)

    

(0.19)

(0.37-0.77)

(0.20)

(0.36-0.79)

(0.20)

(0.35-0.77)

Prior pneumonia

    

0.57

1.77

    
     

(0.32)

(0.94-3.33)

    

Prior urinary tract

    

0.98

2.66

0.96

2.62

0.89

2.45

Infection

    

(0.41)

(1.19-5.96)

(0.42)

(1.16-3.96)

(0.31)

(1.06-5.62)

ADLH 1+

    

−0.44

0.66

−0.34

0.71

  
     

(0.17)

(0.47-0.92)

(0.18)

(0.50-1.01)

  

CHESS 3+

    

−0.39

0.65

  

−0.36

0.70

     

(0.17)

(0.47-0.91)

  

(0.17)

(0.50-0.99)

C Statistic

0.69

0.67

0.58

0.71

0.77

  1. Note: P.E = parameter estimate, S.E. = standard error, CI = confidence interval.