Table 5.

Result of stepwise multiple regression analysis Stepwise multiple regression analysis using home death rate by prefectures in 2002 as dependent variable, and the number of general hospitals, the number of beds in hospital, ratio of daily occupied beds in general hospital, the number of families in which the elderly living alone, dwelling rooms (per dwelling) and the number of health service facilities for the elderly as independent variables

Independent variables	B*	β**	t	P
Step 1
The number of beds in hospital	0.004	-0.598	-5.003	< 0.001
R square	0.357	Adjusted R square		0.343
R square change	0.357	P < 0.001
Step 2
The number of beds in hospital	0.004	-0.626	-6.218	< 0.001
Dwelling rooms (per dwelling)	1.444	0.446	4.433	< 0.001
R square	0.556	Adjusted R square		0.536
R square change	0.198	P < 0.001
Step 3
The number of beds in hospital	0.005	-0.883	-6.602	< 0.001
Dwelling rooms (per dwelling)	2.383	0.736	5.161	< 0.001
The number of families in which the elderly living alone	0.184	0.543	2.706	0.10
R square	0.620	Adjusted R square		0.594
R square change	0.065	P = 0.010
Step 4
The number of beds in hospital	0.005	-0.763	-5.595	< 0.001
Dwelling rooms (per dwelling)	2.502	0.773	5.676	< 0.001
The number of families in which the elderly living alone	0.204	0.505	3.145	0.003
Ratio of daily occupied beds in general hospital	-0.192	-0.263	-2.402	0.021
R square	0.666	Adjusted R square		0.635
R square change	0.046	P = 0.021

*Unstandardized coefficients **Standardized coefficients