Table 3.
Results of regression analysis on number of physician contacts and number of physicians contacted per year in the study population
| Number of contacts with physicians | Number of physicians contacted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R 2 | 0.30 | 0.195 | ||||||
| B | p-value | 95% CI | B | p-value | 95% CI | |||
| Age (centred) | -0.03 | 0.0031 | -0.05 | -0.01 | -0.05 | <.0001 | -0.05 | -0.05 |
| Sex (female) | 0.05 | 0.6317 | -0.17 | 0.28 | 0.16 | <.0001 | 0.12 | 0.19 |
| Nursing dependency (yes) | 10.37 | <.0001 | 10.01 | 10.72 | -0.20 | <.0001 | -0.25 | -0.14 |
| Number of chronic conditions | 2.33 | <.0001 | 2.28 | 2.38 | 0.24 | <.0001 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| Number of chronic conditions (log scale) | 1.62 | <.0001 | 157 | 1.67 | 0.25 | <.0001 | 0.24 | 0.26 |
R 2 = proportion of variance explained by the regression model.
B = beta = regression coefficient
p = statistical significance of the effect of the independent variables