Table 2.
Regression results
| Change in Barthel score1 n = 398 |
Change in EQ5D score2 n = 337 |
Length of care (days) n = 403 |
Cost (£s) n = 403 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.3085 (0.2272) |
0.0336 (0.0366) |
-0.0490 (0.0890) |
0.1273*** (0.0363) |
| Age squared | -0.0022 (0.0014) |
-0.0002 (0.0002) |
-0.0002 (0.0005) |
-0.0008*** (0.0002) |
| Gender | 0.2852 (0.2469) |
0.0670 (0.0365) |
-0.0225 (0.0754) |
0.0352 (0.0379) |
| Baseline Barthel score | -0.2854*** (0.0794) |
-0.0136 (0.0111) |
0.0039 (0.0083) |
|
| Baseline EQ5 D score | -0.4363*** (0.0651) |
0.1067 (0.1026) |
0.0450 (0.1075) |
|
| Admission avoidance | 0.5030 (0.3478) |
0.0044 (0.0400) |
-0.2000** (0.0832) |
0.0565 (0.0618) |
| Residential care | 0.6126 (0.6976) |
0.0582* (0.0327) |
0.0835 (0.2587) |
1.5892*** (0.3578) |
| Length of care | -0.0003 (0.0057) |
-0.0003 (0.0005) |
- | 0.0257*** (0.0030) |
| Ratio of support to qualified staff | 0.2277 (0.4819) |
0.0464* (0.0254) |
-0.0564 (0.1042) |
0.0600 (0.1076) |
| Number of different staff types | -0.0529 (0.1532) |
0.0161 (0.0103) |
0.0470 (0.0608) |
-0.1827** (0.0715) |
| Total number of staff | -0.0064 (0.0258) |
-0.0005 (0.0011) |
0.0010 (0.0104) |
0.2026*** (0.0646) |
| Total number of staff squared | -0.0085*** (0.0022) |
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| Constant | -4.9479 (8.8322) |
1.1658 (1.4717) |
6.0765 (3.7505) |
0.8401 (1.535) |
| R-squared | 0.1932 | 0.2505 | 0.0318 | 0.2730 |
| Block F-test3 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | - | - |
| RESET test | 0.0002 | 0.0441 | - | - |
1 Positive changes reflect gains in a patient's level of independence.
2 Positive changes reflect improvements in a patient's health related quality of life.
3 Tests the hypothesis that all parameters are equal to zero.
* 0.10 > p-value > 0.05
** 0.05 > p-value > 0.01
*** p-value <0.01