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Table 3 Associated factors with hospital death (vs. home death) from univariate and multivariate logistic regression models 

From: Increasing Trend in Hospital Deaths Consistent among Older Decedents in Korea: A Population-based Study Using Death Registration Database, 2001–2014

Variable

Value

Overall

By cause of death

      

Cancer

Non-cancer

  

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

  

ORs

95% CI

ORs

95% CI

ORs

95% CI

ORs

95% CI

ORs

95% CI

ORs

95% CI

  

N = 2,120,847

N = 560,895

N = 1,559,952

Age, categorized

85+

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

75-84

1.55

1.54-1.56

1.28

1.27-1.29

1.08

1.06-1.11

1.03

1.01-1.05

1.44

1.43-1.45

1.30

1.29-1.31

65-74

1.98

1.96-1.99

1.30

1.29-1.31

1.21

1.19-1.24

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.69

1.67-1.70

1.33

1.32-1.34

Gender

Male

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Female

0.83

0.82-0.84

1.28

1.27-1.29

1.17

0.16-1.19

1.45

1.43-1.48

0.88

0.87-0.88

1.24

1.23-1.25

Marital status

Married

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Single

1.37

1.34-1.41

1.77

1.72-1.82

1.68

1.57-1.80

1.77

1.65-1.90

1.47

1.43-1.51

1.74

1.69-1.79

Divorced

1.56

1.52-1.59

1.49

1.46-1.53

2.19

2.09-2.31

1.93

1.83-2.03

1.50-

1.47-1.54

1.39

1.35-1.42

Widowed

0.76

0.74-0.76

1.03

1.02-1.04

1.08

1.07-1.10

1.38

1.11-1.16

0.81

0.81-0.82

1.01

0.99-1.01

Education level

Uneducated

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Elementary

1.72

1.71-1.73

1.61

1.60-1.63

1.39

1.36-1.41

1.54

1.52-1.57

1.65

1.64-1.66

1.63

1.62-1.64

Middle/High school

2.50

2.47-2.52

2.27

2.25-2.29

2.08

2.04-2.12

2.38

2.33-2.43

2.24

2.22-2.26

2.21

2.20-2.24

University and higher

3.43

3.38-3.49

3.17

3.12-3.23

2.97

2.88-3.06

3.48

3.35-3.58

2.98

2.92-3.03

3.05

2.99-3.11

Residential area

Rural

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

City

1.23

1.23-1.24

1.13

1.13-1.14

1.39

1.37-1.42

1.25

1.23-1.28

1.19

1.18-1.20

1.10

1.09-1.11

Metropolitan

1.66

1.64-1.67

1.46

1.45-1.48

1.86

1.83-1.90

1.59

1.56-1.62

1.62

1.60-1.63

1.43

1.42-1.44

Capital

1.58

1.57-1.60

1.26

1.25-1.28

2.00

1.96-2.05

1.54

1.51-1.58

1.46

1.44-1.47

1.20

1.18-1.21

Cancer cause

Non-cancer (others)

1.00

 

1.00

         

Cancer (C00-C97)

2.47

2.45-2.48

2.18

2.17-2.20

        

Seasonal period

Spring

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Summer

1.12

1.10-1.12

1.09

1.08-1.09

1.14

1.12-1.16

1.14

1.12-1.16

1.08

1.07-1.09

1.07

1.06-1.08

Autumn

1.07

1.07-1.08

1.06

1.06-1.07

1.12

1.10-1.14

1.11

1.09-1.13

1.05

1.05-1.06

1.05

1.04-1.06

Winter

1.01

0.99-1.02

1.01

1.01-1.02

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.01

0.99-1.01

1.01

0.99-1.01

  1. Abbreviations: ORs Odd Ratios, CI Confidence Interval. Italic numbers: not statistically significant results