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. 2023 Jul 27;23:801. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09641-y

Table 3.

Multilevel linear mixed effects models for the amount of home care

Fixed effect Model 1
Empty model
Model 2
Individual characteristics
Model 3
Municipality characteristics
Model 4
Municipality care model
Estimate
(95% CI)
p Estimate
(95% CI)
p Estimate
(95% CI)
p Estimate
(95% CI)
p
Intercept

4.83

(4.55;5.10)

< 0.001

-4.99

(-5.40;-4.58)

< 0.001

-5.58

(-7.12;-4.05)

< 0.001

-4.82

(-6.73;-2.90)

< 0.001
Individual characteristics
ADL a

4.33

(4.20;4.46)

< 0.001

4.33

(4.20;4.46)

< 0.001

4.14

(4.00;4.29)

< 0.001
IADL a

0.20

(0.09;0.31)

< 0.001

0.20

(0.09;0.31)

< 0.001

0.24

(0.12;0.37)

< 0.001
Cognitive impairment a

0.56

(0.44;0.69)

< 0.001

0.56

(0.44;0.69)

< 0.001

0.48

(0.33;0.62)

< 0.001
Social functioning a

1.35

(1.21;1.48)

< 0.001

1.34

(1.21;1.48)

< 0.001

1.17

(1.02;1.32)

< 0.001
Life management a

0.67

(0.57;0.78)

< 0.001

0.67

(0.56;0.77)

< 0.001

0.66

(0.54;0.78)

< 0.001
Age

-0.07

(-0.07;-0.06)

< 0.001

-0.07

(-0.07;-0.06)

< 0.001

-0.06

(-0.07;-0.06)

< 0.001
Gender (0 = female/1 = male)

-0.01

(-0.15;0.12)

0.847

-0.01

(-0.15;0.12)

0.855

-0.01

(-0.16;0.14)

0.894
Living arrangements (0 = cohabitant/1 = alone)

1.88

(1.73;2.02)

< 0.001

1.88

(1.74;2.02)

< 0.001

1.73

(1.57;1.89)

< 0.001
Municipality characteristics
Centrality (1: most central − 6: least central)

0.32

(-0.02;0.67)

0.065

0.25

(-0.11;0.62)

0.177
Population size (per 1 000 inhabitants)

-0.004

(-0.010;0.003)

0.246

-0.003

(-0.01;0.00)

0.340
Unrestricted revenues (per 10 000 NOK)

-0.10

(-0.47;0.27)

0.607

-0.18

(-0.63;0.27)

0.435
Number of FTEs (per 100 FTEs)

0.29

(-0.03;0.62)

0.077

0.26

(-0.09;0.62)

0.147
Proportion of elderly in the municipality (‰)

-2.46

(-5.12;0.19)

0.069

-0.88

(-3.86;2.09)

0.561
Proportion of elderly in nursing homes (%)

0.01

(-0.06;0.07)

0.865

-0.02

(-0.09;0.06)

0.694
Municipalities’ long-term care model
Care model 1 (ref.)
Care model 2

-0.19

(-0.80;0.43)

0.548
Care model 3

0.24

(-0.62;1.09)

0.588
Care model 4

-0.27

(-1.43;0.90)

0.655
Random effect Variance component Variance component Variance component Variance component
Municipal level variance 6.78 (2.60) 5.67 (2.38) 5.31 (2.31) 3.99 (2.00)
Individual level variance 181.87 (13.49) 160.78 (12.68) 159.84 (12.64) 150.83 (12.28)

a Scale 1: very good − 5: very poor