Table 5.
Predictive Power, Heterogeneity, and Impact by Service
| Nurse | Doctor | Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Mean | Coefficient of Variation | Predictor Heterogeneity Factor | Parameter Estimate | Predicted Power | Impact Factor | Parameter Estimate | Predicted Power | Impact Factor | Parameter Estimate | Predicted Power | Impact Factor |
| Surgical | ||||||||||||
| Outcome heterogeneity factor | 0.037 | 0.011 | 0.042 | |||||||||
| GHS | 2.55 | 0.04 | 0.010 | −0.38 | 37.01 | 9.89 | −0.40 | 56.26 | 51.76 | −0.44 | 52.39 | 12.43 |
| Age | 5.08 | 0.07 | 0.055 | 0.17 | 17.44 | 26.19 | 0.10 | 8.12 | 41.96 | 0.17 | 18.85 | 25.14 |
| Education | 3.78 | 0.09 | 0.077 | −0.19 | 13.11 | 27.16 | −0.11 | 6.78 | 48.41 | −0.19 | 14.75 | 27.14 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.08 | 1.76 | 0.366 | 0.36 | 1.94 | 19.22 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.33 | 1.77 | 15.56 |
| Male | 0.43 | 0.11 | 0.011 | 0.26 | 3.83 | 1.10 | −0.12 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 0.20 | 2.48 | 0.63 |
| Circulation disorder | 0.20 | 0.79 | 0.209 | 0.41 | 4.91 | 27.75 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 11.72 | 0.40 | 5.24 | 26.30 |
| OB | ||||||||||||
| Outcome heterogeneity factor | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | |||||||||
| GHS | 1.74 | 0.03 | 0.008 | −0.30 | 11.79 | 1.75 | −0.24 | 8.16 | 1.67 | −0.37 | 20.01 | 2.18 |
| MHS* | 1.71 | 0.04 | 0.006 | −0.15 | 5.08 | 0.54 | −0.27 | 18.04 | 2.63 | −0.15 | 5.81 | 0.45 |
| Education | 4.10 | 0.08 | 0.087 | −0.08 | 2.42 | 3.82 | −0.09 | 3.65 | 7.97 | −0.12 | 6.33 | 7.35 |
| Spanish language | 0.12 | 1.06 | 0.259 | 0.85 | 14.75 | 69.34 | 0.64 | 9.03 | 58.63 | 1.04 | 24.29 | 83.78 |
| Medical | ||||||||||||
| Outcome heterogeneity factor | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.06 | |||||||||
| GHS | 3.04 | 0.03 | 0.009 | −0.31 | 26.66 | 5.81 | −0.32 | 25.62 | 15.40 | −0.33 | 28.78 | 4.62 |
| Age | 5.60 | 0.07 | 0.049 | 0.13 | 11.71 | 14.09 | 0.19 | 24.69 | 81.99 | 0.19 | 25.84 | 22.90 |
| Education | 3.51 | 0.10 | 0.074 | −0.10 | 4.51 | 8.09 | −0.13 | 6.09 | 30.11 | −0.15 | 8.97 | 11.84 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.12 | 1.45 | 0.386 | 0.24 | 1.05 | 9.90 | 0.31 | 1.74 | 45.11 | 0.44 | 3.49 | 24.15 |
| Hispanic | 0.06 | 1.42 | 0.165 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 1.19 | 0.38 | 1.73 | 19.17 | 0.36 | 1.59 | 4.72 |
| Proxy help | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.035 | −0.38 | 4.01 | 3.44 | −0.25 | 1.64 | 3.88 | −0.33 | 2.97 | 1.88 |
| Muscle disorder | 0.03 | 0.32 | 0.004 | −0.44 | 1.56 | 0.14 | −0.82 | 4.96 | 1.19 | −0.47 | 1.70 | 0.11 |
Boldface indicates predictors with impact factors that exceed the minimum threshold of 1.
*
Due to collinearity between GHS and MHS, GHS was dropped from the model when the effect of MHS was evaluated and vice versa.
OB, obstetrics; GHS, general health status; MHS, mental health status.