Table 4 Results of multinomial logit (coefficients) – inpatient vs. informal care

I. PREDISPOSING

 Age 60–70

0.617

0.676

0.400

0.715

0.833*

0.536

(0.539)

(0.431)

(0.524)

(0.581)

(0.478)

(0.572)

 Age 70–80

1.810***

1.315***

1.497***

2.121***

1.762***

1.781***

(0.540)

(0.446)

(0.525)

(0.598)

(0.508)

(0.590)

 Age 80–90

2.958***

1.587***

2.375***

3.067***

1.994***

2.402***

(0.549)

(0.462)

(0.536)

(0.621)

(0.539)

(0.616)

 Age ≥ 90

3.350***

1.818***

2.517***

3.097***

1.944***

2.155***

(0.615)

(0.533)

(0.605)

(0.695)

(0.620)

(0.694)

 Sex (Female)

-0.490*

-0.699***

-0.489*

-0.516*

-0.716***

-0.547*

(0.263)

(0.235)

(0.268)

(0.299)

(0.271)

(0.306)

 Secondary education

1.118***

0.259

0.227

1.333***

0.475*

0.308

(0.267)

(0.237)

(0.266)

(0.305)

(0.276)

(0.305)

 Tertiary education

1.883***

-0.0820

0.522

1.829***

-0.0348

0.553

(0.467)

(0.450)

(0.493)

(0.526)

(0.503)

(0.548)

II. ENABLING

 Living partner

-1.905***

-2.205***

-1.291***

-1.629***

-2.002***

-1.057***

(0.308)

(0.265)

(0.308)

(0.348)

(0.302)

(0.352)

 Living children

-0.576

-1.855***

-0.918***

-0.378

-1.601***

-0.647*

(0.355)

(0.326)

(0.356)

(0.381)

(0.352)

(0.382)

 Frequency of visits ≥ once a week

-2.269***

-3.145***

-1.868***

-2.404***

-3.200***

-2.031***

(0.272)

(0.246)

(0.275)

(0.314)

(0.286)

(0.316)

 Small town

1.331***

1.142***

1.081***

1.026**

0.789**

0.939**

(0.374)

(0.347)

(0.365)

(0.407)

(0.379)

(0.399)

 Medium town

0.263

0.721**

-0.369

0.287

0.616*

-0.328

(0.352)

(0.308)

(0.357)

(0.401)

(0.354)

(0.405)

 Big city

1.598***

1.720***

-0.349

1.864***

1.835***

-0.0446

(0.320)

(0.290)

(0.350)

(0.376)

(0.345)

(0.403)

III. NEED

 Number of ADL limitations

0.814***

0.569***

1.036***

(0.0750)

(0.0698)

(0.0785)

 Number of chronic diseases

-0.822***

-0.133**

-0.409***

(0.0764)

(0.0620)

(0.0713)

 ADL - Bathing

2.852***

2.676***

2.957***

(0.426)

(0.383)

(0.449)

 ADL - Dressing

-1.628***

-1.135***

-1.110**

(0.482)

(0.433)

(0.495)

 ADL - Transferring

0.741

0.664

2.165***

(0.538)

(0.505)

(0.547)

 ADL - Feeding

-1.052**

-1.501***

-0.892**

(0.457)

(0.440)

(0.452)

 ADL - Toileting or continence

2.608***

1.667***

1.642***

(0.555)

(0.522)

(0.556)

 Parkinson’s disease

0.915

0.871

0.185

(0.872)

(0.843)

(0.885)

 Heart diseases (incl. myocardial infarction)

-1.583***

-0.701**

-1.195***

(0.329)

(0.281)

(0.322)

 Respiratory system diseases

-0.617

-0.490

-0.766

(0.492)

(0.417)

(0.498)

 Hypertension

-1.809***

-0.629**

-0.463

(0.295)

(0.267)

(0.294)

 Diabetes

-0.667*

-0.366

-0.875**

(0.348)

(0.312)

(0.351)

 Chronic renal failure

0.440

0.819

1.509***

(0.603)

(0.534)

(0.566)

 Depression

-1.258***

-0.737**

-0.738*

(0.429)

(0.371)

(0.417)

 Alzheimer or dementia diseases

0.931**

1.255***

0.739*

(0.383)

(0.367)

(0.386)

 Mental health problems - other

-0.104

1.084***

0.138

(0.365)

(0.322)

(0.361)

 Cancer

-0.829*

-0.487

-3.093***

(0.490)

(0.427)

(0.833)

 Vision impairment

-1.024***

-0.544*

-0.146

(0.368)

(0.320)

(0.351)

 Hearing impairment

0.220

-0.0477

0.490

(0.442)

(0.413)

(0.436)

 Other diseases (incl. stroke, somatic problems)

-2.036***

-0.324

-2.114***

(0.286)

(0.263)

(0.290)

 Constant

-0.0576

3.053***

-0.179

-0.174

2.286***

-0.0592

(0.597)

(0.492)

(0.586)

(0.650)

(0.550)

(0.654)

Observations

2,788

2,788

2,788

2,788

2,788

2,788

Pseudo R2

0.321

0.321

0.321

0.408

0.408

0.408

Prob > chi2

0

0

0

0

0

0