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Table 4 Associated factors with hospital death in people dying from Parkinson’s disease (N = 34,430)

From: Place of death of people living with Parkinson’s disease: a population-level study in 11 countries

Characteristics

Belgium

France

Italy

Spain (Andalusia)

Hungary

Czech Republic

New Zealand

USA

Canada

Mexico

South Korea

OR (95% CI)

Demographic and social factors

Sex:

Male (Vs. Female)

2.3 (1.5-3.5)

1.5 (1.3-1.7)

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

NS

NS

NS

NS

1.4 (1.3-1.5)

1.7 (1.4-2.2)

NS

NS

Age

<80 years (Vs. 80+)

1.8 (1.2-2.7)

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

NS

NS

NS

NS

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

NS

1.4 (1.1-1.9)

0.8 (0.6-0.98)

Education:

           

Higher Secondary or Higher (Vs. lower than higher secondary.)

NS

-

NS

NS

NS

NS

-

NS

-

1.8 (1.3-2.5)

0.6 (0.5-0.8)

Social support

Marital status

Married (Vs. Not/No longer married)

NS

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

NS

NS

2.0 (1.2-3.4)

NS

-

1.1 (1.02-1.2)

1.5 (1.3-1.9)

NS

0.6 (0.5-0.8)

Residential factors

Urbanization level:

Very strong/Strong (Vs. average/weak/rural)

NS

NS

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

NS

NS

-

-

-

NS

-

NS

Health care system factors

Hospital beds/1000 inhabitants (Continuous)

NS

NS

5.3 (4.0-7.1)

NS

*

*

NS

1.1 (1.1-1.2)

NS

NS

*

LTC-beds/1000 inhabitants 65+ (Continuous)

NS

1.01 (1.002-1.014)

NS

NS

*

*

0.96 (0.92-0.99)

NS

NS

-

*

Nagelkerke R2

0.17

0.05

0.07

0

0.04

0

0

0.02

0.05

0.03

0.03

  1. ‘-‘ in cells represents the variable that was not available for this country and hence not included into the multivariable model.
  2. Abbreviations: OR Odds Ratios, CI Confidence Interval, NS Not statistically Significant, LTC Long Term Care.
  3. *Data only available for the country as a whole and hence not entered into the multivariable model.