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Table 6 Cox regression model building 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

 

P.E

Hazard rate

P.E

Hazard rate

P.E

Hazard rate

P.E

Hazard rate

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

(S.E.)

(95% CI)

Predisposing

        

Female

−0.22

0.80

      
 

(0.10)

(0.6-0.97)

      

Wish to die at home

−0.36

0.69

    

−0.36

0.70

 

(0.13)

(0.54-0.90)

    

(0.14)

(0.53-0.91)

Any advance

−0.27

0.78

    

−0.30

0.74

Directives present

(0.11)

(0.62-0.94)

    

(0.11)

(0.60-0.92)

Enabling

        

Client’s Cost of Care

  

−0.54

0.58

  

−0.51

0.60

> Median

  

(0.10)

(0.47-0.71)

  

(0.10)

(0.49-0.74)

Need

        

Swallowing

    

−0.27

0.76

  

Difficulties

    

(0.13)

(0.59-0.99)

  

Dizziness

    

−0.24

0.79

−0.27

0.76

     

(0.11)

(0.63-0.98)

(0.11)

(0.61-0.96)

Prior pneumonia

    

0.38

1.46

  
     

(0.19)

(0.98- 2.16)

  

Prior urinary tract

    

0.48

1.63

0.71

2.04

Infection

    

(0.23)

(1.03-2.57)

(0.24)

(1.28-3.24)

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