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Table 4 Factors associated with direct payments outcome gain scores among older people

From: Influences of service characteristics and older people’s attributes on outcomes from direct payments

 

Coeff

Prob

95% CI lower limit

95% CI upper limit

Highest Dependency

−0.75

0.00

−0.93

− 0.55

High Dependency

−0.58

0.00

−0.71

− 0.45

Moderate- high Dependency

−0.27

0.00

−0.40

− 0.15

Lives alone

−0.22

0.00

−0.29

− 0.15

Adapted IADL: medication use

0.13

0.00

0.08

0.18

Unpaid carer helps to manage DP

0.13

0.00

0.04

0.21

Chose & received recruitment support service(s)

0.07

0.00

0.05

0.09

Adapted IADL: handling finances

0.08

> 0.01

0.03

0.13

Activities of Daily Living Score

−0.06

0.00

−0.08

− 0.05

Significance of recruitment support (critical)

0.017

0.01

0.004

0.03

Length of time using direct payments

0.003

0.00

0.002

0.0045

Difference between package size and total care input

−0.004

0.00

−0.005

− 0.002

Percentage of total care input composed of self-funded care

0.003

> 0.01

> 0.001

0.005

Percentage of total care input composed of unpaid care

0.006

0.00

0.004

0.008

Percentage of package spent on combination household care/ personal care

0.002

0.00

0.001

0.003

Percentage of package spent on combination household care/ social and leisure care

0.004

0.00

0.002

0.007

Percentage of package spent on therapeutic management

−0.003

< 0.01

− 0.005

−0.001

Constant

4.62

0.00

4.30

4.95

  1. Observations = 79 Pseudo R2 = 30%
  2. GLM model; Link function: Log, Variance function: Poisson