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Table 6 Preference heterogeneity across income, marital status, and caregiver’s age in latent class model

From: Preference of caregivers on residential care homes for older persons with versus without communication problems: a discrete choice experiment

 

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Coeff.

95%CI

Coeff.

95%CI

Coeff.

95%CI

Attribute levels

 Type of care homes: NGO care homes

1.14*

(0.29, 1.99)

2.07*

(1.04, 3.10)

−0.64

(−1.88, 0.61)

 Distance: half an hour to one hour travelling time

0.58

(−0.03, 1.18)

0.10

(−0.87, 1.07)

0.20

(−0.26, 0.65)

 Distance: Within half an hour travelling time

1.10*

(0.18, 2.02)

0.43

(−1.08, 1.94)

0.30

(−0.42, 1.01)

 Room type: shared room (2–3 people)

1.37

(−0.06, 2.81)

0.35

(−0.58, 1.28)

0.14

(−0.47, 0.75)

 Room type: single room

1.79

(−0.34, 3.92)

0.27

(−1.03, 1.56)

0.42

(−0.21, 1.05)

 Manpower: more healthcare professionals

−0.18

(−0.65, 0.28)

0.61

(−0.38, 1.60)

0.49

(−0.08, 1.07)

 Enhanced service: flexible choice of enhanced services

0.14

(−0.96, 1.25)

0.18

(−0.85, 1.20)

1.23*

(0.85, 1.61)

 Copayment (per HK$1000)

−1.26*

(−2.46, −0.06)

0.08

(−0.59, 0.76)

0.03

(−0.17, 0.23)

 Opt-out

−42.59

-a

0.59

(−0.87, 2.05)

−3.11

(−6.95, 0.73)

 Class share

0.346

 

0.232

 

0.422

 

Membership

 Communication problem

0.45

(−0.55, 1.45)

0.58

(−1.27, 2.44)

Ref

–

 Higher income (HK15,000+)

−0.97*

(−1.89, − 0.05)

−0.39

(− 1.54, 0.75)

Ref

–

 Married older person

0.36

(−0.53, 1.25)

0.35

(−0.66, 1.37)

Ref

–

 Caregiver aged 60+ years

0.50

(−0.37, 1.37)

0.38

(−0.68, 1.44)

Ref

–

 Obs

3396

     

 Log likelihood

− 662.093

     

 BIC

1324.187

     
  1. aThe confidence interval was omitted due to large standard error
  2. *P < 0.05; the reference levels of the attributes are: 1) Type of care homes: private for-profit homes; 2) Distance: Over one hour travelling time; 3) Room type: Shared room (4–6 people); 4) Manpower: more care workers; and 5) Enhanced service: limited choices in enhanced services