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Table 3 Associations between the provision of end-of-life care at EHCSa and its characteristics: logistic regression analyses

From: Provision and related factors of end-of-life care in elderly housing with care services in collaboration with home-visiting nurse agencies: a nationwide survey

Independent variables

Univariate

Multivariate c

Odds Ratio(95%CI)

p-value

Odds Ratio(95%CI)

p-value

Affiliation with an EHCSa (affiliated)

5.18(2.76-9.78)

<.001

3.13(1.30-7.54)

0.01

The number of residents for last month in a collaborated EHCS

Residents using long-term care insurance

1.07 (1.04-1.11)

<.001

1.08(1.04-1.13)

<.001

Residents paying out-of-pocket

1.003(1.001-1.005)

0.03

1.001(0.99-1.01)

0.63

Duration of collaboration with a EHCS: more than 3 years

2.88 (1.69-4.92)

<0.01

2.39(1.11-5.15)

0.02

The reason for starting home-visit nursing for a EHCS resident

Requested by a EHCS staff

3.15 (1.83-5.45)

<0.01

1.31(0.59-2.84)

0.49

Requested by a physician

2.35 (1.39-4.01)

<0.01

2.75(1.29-6.00)

0.01

Requested by a hospital staff

1.33 (0.64-2.60)

0.42

1.48(0.56-4.29)

0.44

Requested by a care manager

0.93 (0.54-1.61)

0.79

1.14(0.50-2.54)

0.74

HVNAb user and admitted to a EHCS

0.48 (0.22-0.96)

0.05

2.65(0.99-8.18)

0.07

  1. a elderly housing with care services
  2. b home-visit nursing agencies
  3. c In a multivariate analysis the same nine variables with a univariate analysis were thrown as independent variables.