Table 2.

Multivariate hazard ratios and 95% CIs for covariates by phases of the observation period in Improve functional status strata (n = 210)

Models	6-months			12-months			18-months			24-months			36-months
	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p-value	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p-value	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p-value	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p-value	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p-value
Age	0.99	0.94 - 1.04	0.653	0.98	0.94 - 1.03	0.400	1.00	0.97 - 1.04	0.902	1.01	0.97 - 1.04	0.758	1.01	0.98 - 1.05	0.495
Gender
Male	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
Female	4.51	1.51 - 13.50	0.007	3.32	1.47 - 7.50	0.004	1.74	0.95 - 3.17	0.072	1.68	0.94 - 3.01	0.082	1.84	1.06 - 3.21	0.031
Income level	0.95	0.68 -1.33	0.764	0.97	0.74 - 1.28	0.840	0.87	0.70 - 1.09	0.218	0.84	0.68 - 1.04	0.113	0.89	0.73 - 1.09	0.251
Length of stay in LTCI system	0.96	0.94 - 0.98	0.001	0.97	0.95 - 0.99	0.001	0.96	0.95 - 0.98	<.0001	0.96	0.95 - 0.98	<.0001	0.96	0.95 - 0.98	<.0001
Utilization Rate of Benefits	0.24	0.02 - 2.68	0.245	0.14	0.02 - 1.10	0.061	0.24	0.05 - 1.23	0.087	0.34	0.07 - 1.65	0.182	0.48	0.11 - 2.10	0.332
Number of LTC Services
1 service	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
2 + services	0.41	0.08 - 2.04	0.274	0.28	0.07 - 1.08	0.066	0.37	0.12 - 1.12	0.079	0.35	0.12 - 1.08	0.067	0.40	0.14 - 1.12	0.081
Type of LTC Services
mixed	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
commuting services	0.46	0.08 - 2.57	0.376	0.44	0.10 - 1.86	0.264	0.45	0.15 - 1.40	0.169	0.48	0.16 - 1.44	0.189	0.46	0.17 - 1.27	0.133
in-home services	0.28	0.06 - 1.42	0.124	0.35	0.09 - 1.43	0.145	0.39	0.13 - 1.20	0.100	0.38	0.13 - 1.17	0.093	0.41	0.15 - 1.14	0.087
Amount of LTC Services (days/month)	1.02	0.97 - 1.06	0.457	1.03	1.00 - 1.07	0.090	1.02	0.98 - 1.05	0.382	1.01	0.98 - 1.05	0.469	1.01	0.97 - 1.04	0.779
n / censored	210/173			210/160			210/139			210/135			210/123
Likelihood ratio test	0.002			0.002			0.0011			0.001			<.0001