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Table 4 Model 3

From: Healthcare utilisation in the last year of life in internal medicine, young-old versus old-old

Variables

Total number of hospital bed days

Length of stay

ED admissions

Total number of hospital admissions

Total number of clinic visits

Age (ref young-old)

−7.099* (3.49)

−1.032(0.8)

−0.390 (0.28)

− 0.505 (0.28)

−2.059 (1.47)

Sex (ref female)

1.669 (3.03)

0.580 (0.73)

0.597* (0.26)

0.489 (0.26)

0.901 (1.24)

CCI (ref CCI < 5)

11.537** (3.62)

2.318** (0.89)

0.652* (0.33)

0.833* (0.33)

1.316 (1.45)

Place of residence (ref home)

1.622 (3.77)

−3.095*** (0.81)

−0.186 (0.30)

− 0.143 (0.31)

−4.172** (1.58)

Home service (ref none)

−0.908 (3.85)

−2.743** (0.83)

0.413 (0.35)

0.38 (0.36)

0.012 (1.64)

FRAIL-NH (ref robust 0–1)

 

Prefrail (2–5)

4.268 (5.42)

−2.258 (1.71)

0.894 (0.49)

0.576 (0.51)

−1.487 (3.22)

Frail (> 5)

7.848 (4.84)

−1.586 (1.72)

0.861 (0.43)*

0.525 (0.45)

−2.454 (3.20)

Dementia (ref none)

−0.895 (3.00)

−0.922 (0.75)

0.132 (0.26)

0.003 (0.26)

1.087 (1.40)

Observations

189

189

189

189

189

  1. ED emergency department, CCI Charlson comorbidity index;
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001