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Table 3 Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) and model characteristics for disagreement between RAI-MDS and prescription drug data

From: Agreement between administrative data and the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Dataset (RAI-MDS) for medication use in long-term care facilities: a population-based study

Variable

OR (95% CI)

85+ years

0.90 (0.72, 1.12)

75 – 84 years

0.97 (0.77, 1.21)

65 – 74 years

0.94 (0.72, 1.22)

<65 years

Reference

Males

0.94 (0.84, 1.06)

Females

Reference

Alzheimer’s/dementia: present

0.94 (0.84, 1.04)

Alzheimer’s/dementia: absent

Reference

Mood disorders: present

1.37 (1.23, 1.54)*

Mood disorders: absent

Reference

Schizophrenia: present

1.23 (0.91, 1.65)

Schizophrenia: absent

Reference

Income Quintile: Q1 (lowest)

0.95 (0.79, 1.15)

Income Quintile: Q2

1.03 (0.85, 1.24)

Income Quintile: Q3

1.08 (0.90, 1.29)

Income Quintile: Q4

1.04 (0.86, 1.26)

Income Quintile: Q5 (highest)

Reference

Rural residence

0.93 (0.81, 1.07)

Urban residence

Reference

Affiliate facility

1.22 (0.92, 1.62)

Amalgamate facility

1.33 (1.01, 1.77)*

Contract facility

Reference

Clustering Effect & Model Discrimination

Estimate

Facility-level variance

0.04 (0.02)

Intra-class correlation (ICC)

0.01

c-statistic

0.55

  1. *Indicates an OR that is statistically significant at α = .05.