Table 3.
Multivariate hazard ratios and 95% CIs for covariates by phases of the observation period in Decline functional status strata ( n = 269)
| Models |
6-months |
12-months |
18-months |
24-months |
36-months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
1.00 |
0.97 - 1.04 |
0.895 |
1.01 |
0.98 - 1.04 |
0.673 |
1.00 |
0.97 - 1.02 |
0.854 |
1.00 |
0.98 - 1.02 |
0.880 |
1.00 |
0.98 - 1.03 |
0.791 |
|
Gender | |||||||||||||||
|
Male |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
Female |
0.93 |
0.53 - 1.64 |
0.800 |
0.95 |
0.60 - 1.49 |
0.820 |
1.05 |
0.70 - 1.57 |
0.808 |
1.12 |
0.76 - 1.66 |
0.560 |
1.01 |
0.70 - 1.45 |
0.963 |
|
Income level |
0.99 |
0.73 - 1.34 |
0.933 |
0.86 |
0.68 - 1.10 |
0.228 |
0.91 |
0.73 -1.12 |
0.364 |
0.92 |
0.75 - 11.3 |
0.417 |
0.88 |
0.72 - 1.07 |
0.201 |
|
Length of stay in LTCI system |
0.95 |
0.93 - 0.97 |
<.0001 |
0.97 |
0.95 - 0.98 |
<.0001 |
0.96 |
0.95 - 0.98 |
<.0001 |
0.96 |
0.95 - 0.98 |
<.0001 |
0.96 |
0.95 - 0.97 |
<.0001 |
|
Utilization Rate of Benefits |
0.91 |
0.20 - 4.08 |
0.898 |
1.04 |
0.35 - 3.10 |
0.946 |
1.04 |
0.40 - 2.73 |
0.930 |
1.24 |
0.49 - 3.10 |
0.650 |
1.30 |
0.54 - 3.14 |
0.562 |
|
Number of LTC Services | |||||||||||||||
|
1 service |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
2 + services |
1.39 |
0.63 - 3.08 |
0.419 |
1.17 |
0.61 - 2.25 |
0.643 |
1.25 |
0.71 - 2.20 |
0.440 |
1.15 |
0.67 - 2.00 |
0.610 |
1.13 |
0.67 - 1.91 |
0.647 |
|
Type of LTC Services | |||||||||||||||
|
Mixed |
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
commuting services |
1.17 |
0.46 - 2.98 |
0.736 |
1.14 |
0.55 - 2.35 |
0.722 |
1.04 |
0.55 - 1.94 |
0.915 |
0.95 |
0.52 - 1.74 |
0.865 |
0.99 |
0.56 - 1.76 |
0.975 |
|
in-home services |
0.71 |
0.27 - 1.92 |
0.505 |
1.00 |
0.48 - 2.08 |
0.994 |
0.98 |
0.51 - 1.89 |
0.957 |
0.91 |
0.48 - 1.70 |
0.761 |
1.00 |
0.55 - 1.83 |
0.993 |
|
Amount of LTC Services (days/month) |
0.98 |
0.95 - 1.02 |
0.303 |
0.99 |
0.97 - 1.02 |
0.622 |
0.98 |
0.96 - 1.00 |
0.092 |
0.98 |
0.96 - 1.00 |
0.120 |
0.98 |
0.96 - 1.00 |
0.085 |
|
n / censored |
269/214 |
|
|
269/180 |
|
|
269/150 |
|
|
269/140 |
|
|
269/123 |
|
|
| Likelihood ratio test | <.0001 | 0.007 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||||||