Table 3.

Nursing Home Days Prediction Model, Health Retirement Survey, 2014.

		Normal Cognition				Dementia/Impaired Cognition
		Short vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	Long vs. Never	p-value for trend	Short vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	Long vs. Never	p-value for trend
Race	White	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.57	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Black	NS	NS	NS		0.63 (0.38, 1.04)	0.58 (0.27, 1.24)	0.22 (0.10, 0.48)
	Other	NS	NS	NS		1.31 (0.61, 2.79)	0.79 (0.18, 3.48)	0.84 (029, 2.39)
Ethnicity	Not Hispanic	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.06	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Hispanic	NS	NS	NS		0.39 (0.19, 0.81)	0.22 (0.05, 0.96)	0.15 (0.05, 0.51)
Rural	No	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.30
	Yes	0.60 (0.43,0.84)	1.21 (0.72, 2.05)	1.97 (1.10, 3.50)		NS	NS	NS
Marital Status	Single	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Married	0.67 (0.49, 0.94)	0.41 (0.23, 0.72)	0.37 (0.20, 0.70)		0.70 (0.43, 1.13)	0.41 (0.20, 0.83)	0.50 (0.28, 0.86)
Gender	Male	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.31	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Female	NS	NS	NS		0.92 (0.72, 1.34)	2.40 (1.21, 4.76)	1.69 (1.08, 2.66)
Education	≤ HS	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.07	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.32
	>HS	NS	NS	NS		NS	NS	NS
Age		1.08 (1.07, 1.10)	1.11 (1.08, 1.14)	1.10 (1.07, 1.13)	<0.01	1.04 (1.02, 1.06)	1.08 (1.04, 1.11)	1.09 (1.07, 1.12)	<0.01

Note. Odds ratios (95% CI).

Bold = Statistical significance.

NS = Not significant. NS was indicated when all results across utilization levels were not significant.

Nursing home care in the previous two years: never (0), low (1–30 days), moderate (31–199 days), and high (120+ days).