Table 2.
Empirical Results for the Mixed Effect Logit Model
| Coefficient (z value) |
OR [95% CI] |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Nursing Care Hours | -0.935 | 0.393 | |
| (if DNCH > Median) | (-4.05)** | [0.245, 0.617] | |
| Nurse Manpower | -0.530 | 0.589 | |
| (if Nurses > Median) | (-2.38)* | [0.381, 0.911] | |
| Medical Center | 0.017 | 1.017 | |
| (0.05) | [0.521, 1.988] | ||
| Regional Hospital | 0.761 | 2.140 | |
| (2.95)** | [1.291, 3.546] | ||
| District Hospital (Reference Group) |
------ | ------ | |
| Hospital Scale | 0.100 | 1.105 | |
| (if # of Beds > Median) | (0.47) | [0.731, 1.670] | |
| Age | 0.597 | 1.816 | |
| (if > Median) | (3.27)** | [1.270, 2.598] | |
| Length of Stay | 0.696 | 2.007 | |
| (if LOS > Median) | (4.08)** | [1.436, 2.804] | |
| Internal Medicine Ward | -2.245 (-7.97)** |
0.106 [0.061, 0.184] |
|
| Surgical Ward | -3.785 (-11.03)** |
0.023 [0.012, 0.044] |
|
| Comprehensive Ward | -1.845 (-5.40)** |
0.158 [0.081, 0.309] |
|
| Intensive Care Unit (Reference Group) |
------ | ------ | |
| Time Variable | -0.004 (-0.11) |
------ | |
| Constant | 2.512 (5.97)** |
------ | |
| ICC with intercept only | 65.30% | ||
| ICC with final fitted model | 38.58% | ||
| H0: Selected Model vs. HA: Saturated Model | |||
| Hosmer-Lemeshow Test | p value = 0.41 | ||
"**" and "*" represent 1% and 5% significance level, respectively