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Table 4 GLM log link regression on costs per case

From: Redefining diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for palliative care – a cross-sectional study in two German centres

Group

 

A = total group

B = “palliative care only” group

Number of patients

 

n = 2151

n = 784

Variable

 

exp(b)

(95% CI)

p-value

exp(b)

(95% CI)

p-value

Location

BBM

−36.3%

(−39.2%; −33.3%)

0.000

−38,0%

(−42,0%; − 33,8%)

0.000

LMU

ref.

ref.

Gender

male

−4.2%

(−7.3%; −1.0%)

0.011

0,9%

(−3,0%; 4,9%)

0.646

female

ref.

ref.

Kind of suppl. Fee for SPC

SPC for 7–13 days

62.1%

(55.7%; 68.8%)

0.000

39,4%

(17,1%; 66,0%)

0.000

SPC for 14–20 days

79.3%

(69.7%; 89.5%)

0.000

90,9%

(66,7%; 118,5%)

0.000

SPC for ≥21 days

69.2%

(55.3%; 84.5%)

0.000

60,9%

(45,3%; 78,1%)

0.000

SPC for 0–6 days (=no fee)

ref.

ref.

Other suppl. Fee

no

−38.4%

(−45.3%; − 30.8%)

0.000

−5,8%

(−27,7%; 22,8%)

0.659

yes

ref.

ref.

Discharge

home

6.8%

(2.8%; 10.8%)

0.001

5,7%

(1,0%; 10,7%)

0.018

to other hospital

3.6%

(−9.0%; 17.8%)

0.595

30,7%

(5,9%; 61,4%)

0.013

to hospice

7.5%

(1.1%; 14.4%)

0.022

−0,3%

(−7,7%; 7,6%)

0.935

to nursing home

8.5%

(−1.6%; 19.7%)

0.101

6,3%

(−4,4%; 18,2%)

0.259

other

−5.7%

(−20.0%; 11.2%)

0.485

−27,5%

(− 41,0%; −10,8%)

0.002

death

ref.

ref.

MDC

other

4.6%

(−3.1%; 13.0%)

0.251

−0,2%

(−8,6%; 9,0%)

0.973

nervous system

9.4%

(1.3%; 18.1%)

0.022

7,9%

(−1,1%; 17,7%)

0.086

respiratory system

2.6%

(−4.8%; 10.5%)

0.499

4,6%

(−3,8%; 13,9%)

0.292

digestive system

−0.1%

(−7.4%; 7.7%)

0.973

4,7%

(−4,3%; 14,4%)

0.316

hepatobiliary system & pancreas

3.1%

(−4.4%; 11.1%)

0.431

4,2%

(−4,3%; 13,4%)

0.348

skin, subcutaneous tissue & breast

−0.8%

(−8.6%; 7.7%)

0.848

0,7%

(−8,6%; 11,1%)

0.882

kidney and urinary tract

1.3%

(−7.3%; 10.7%)

0.777

0,9%

(−9,1%; 12,1%)

0.861

male reproductive system

4.4%

(−4.9%; 14.7%)

0.367

−3,7%

(−14,0%; 7,7%)

0.509

female reproductive system

−0.4%

(−9.1%; 9.1%)

0.924

4,2%

(−6,3%; 15,8%)

0.452

poorly differentiated neoplasms

ref.

ref.

Age

 

0.1%

(0.0%; 0.2%)

0.169

0,0%

(−0,1%; 0,2%)

0.887

Length of stay

 

5.6%

(5.3%; 6.0%)

0.000

11,3%

(10,4%; 12,2%)

0.000

No. of side diagnoses

 

1.5%

(1.1%; 1.8%)

0.000

1,1%

(0,6%; 1,5%)

0.000

No. of procedure codes

 

0.0%

(−0.4%; 0.5%)

0.982

1,8%

(0,5%; 3,1%)

0.008

  1. BBM (Hospital Barmherzige Brüder München), LMU (University Hospital Munich), MDC (main Diagnostic Category)
  2. Bold numbers: significant results (α-level 0.05)