Table 6.

Multiple adjusted odds ratios of stepwise logistic regression analyses on the use of VNS in higher care level (Care levels 3–5)

	OR	95% CI
Sex (female = 1, male = 0)	0.92	0.42–1.99
Age (under75 = 1, 75 and over = 0)	1.82	0.79–4.51
Care-needs level
Care-needs level 3	1.00*
Care-needs level 4	1.39	0.58–3.30
Care-needs level 5	3.63	1.56–8.66
Income level (higher income level = 1, lower income level = 0)	3.79	1.01–14.25
Regular hospital visits before entry into the LTCI (yes = 1, no = 0)	2.36	1.11–5.38
Goodness-of-fit statistics1 (χ2, p)	9.41	0.22

1 The Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit Test.

* Reference.