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Table 3 The marginal means of healthcare days per month per participant estimated from GLMs

From: Effects of physician visit frequency for Parkinson’s disease treatment on mortality, hospitalization, and costs: a retrospective cohort study

 

Inpatient days for all diseases

Outpatient days for all diseases

Inpatient days for PD

Outpatient days for PD

 

Coefficient

P-value

Coefficient

P-value

Coefficient

P-value

Coefficient

P-value

GLMsa

−0.94

< 0.01

0.46

< 0.01

−0.69

< 0.01

1.93

< 0.01

 

Days

(SE)

Days

(SE)

Days

(SE)

Days

(SE)

Physician visit frequency for PD treatment

 Lower frequency

7.99

(0.28)

2.35

(0.08)

3.98

(0.22)

0.31

(0.01)

 Higher frequency

3.13

(0.11)

3.74

(0.10)

1.99

0.11

2.15

(0.06)

Sex

 Male

5.49

(0.21)

3.05

(0.12)

2.88

(0.17)

1.33

(0.05)

 Female

5.46

(0.19)

3.18

(0.08)

3.02

(0.16)

1.31

(0.04)

Age

 75–79

5.93

(0.30)

3.19

(0.14)

3.10

(0.25)

1.30

(0.06)

 80–84

5.45

(0.23)

3.18

(0.10)

2.96

(0.19)

1.37

(0.06)

 85–89

5.79

(0.27)

2.81

(0.11)

3.27

(0.24)

1.26

(0.06)

  ≥ 90

4.23

(0.30)

3.45

(0.27)

2.18

(0.25)

1.36

(0.11)

Residential facility

 Home

5.94

(0.18)

3.13

(0.08)

3.25

(0.16)

1.30

(0.04)

 Retirement home

5.65

(0.63)

3.34

(0.39)

2.85

(0.52)

1.35

(0.14)

 Long-term care facility

4.09

(0.24)

3.05

(0.18)

2.15

(0.19)

1.38

(0.09)

Long-term care level

 None

4.96

(0.23)

3.26

(0.13)

2.62

(0.18)

1.23

(0.05)

 Requiring help

6.36

(0.46)

3.10

(0.15)

3.81

(0.40)

1.22

(0.07)

 Long-term care level 1–2

5.44

(0.28)

2.86

(0.11)

3.09

(0.24)

1.26

(0.06)

 Long-term care level 3–5

5.83

(0.29)

3.16

(0.20)

2.96

(0.23)

1.60

(0.10)

Mortality

 No

3.90

(0.21)

3.29

(0.12)

2.25

(0.18)

1.27

(0.05)

 Yes

6.30

(0.20)

2.95

(0.10)

3.30

(0.16)

1.37

(0.06)

Malignancy

 No

5.36

(0.16)

3.00

(0.08)

3.05

(0.14)

1.37

(0.04)

 Yes

5.76

(0.28)

3.52

(0.14)

2.74

(0.20)

1.19

(0.06)

Ischemic heart disease

 No

5.15

(0.18)

2.90

(0.09)

2.74

(0.14)

1.24

(0.04)

 Yes

5.89

(0.22)

3.40

(0.10)

3.25

(0.19)

1.42

(0.06)

Cerebrovascular disease

 No

4.62

(0.23)

3.12

(0.15)

2.81

(0.19)

1.28

(0.05)

 Yes

5.83

(0.17)

3.13

(0.07)

3.02

(0.14)

1.34

(0.04)

Dyslipidemia

 No

5.82

(0.19)

2.93

(0.09)

3.24

(0.16)

1.38

(0.05)

 Yes

5.02

(0.20)

3.31

(0.11)

2.58

(0.16)

1.26

(0.04)

Diabetes mellitus

 No

5.49

(0.18)

2.90

(0.08)

3.07

(0.15)

1.27

(0.04)

 Yes

5.45

(0.21)

3.41

(0.12)

2.80

(0.17)

1.39

(0.06)

Dementia

 No

4.55

(0.20)

3.00

(0.09)

2.31

(0.15)

1.19

(0.05)

 Yes

6.01

(0.19)

3.21

(0.10)

3.35

(0.16)

1.40

(0.05)

  1. aGLMs only shows the result of physician visit frequency for PD treatment
  2. Abbreviation: SE Standard error