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. 2015 Feb 26;10(2):e0118253. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118253

Table 5. Unifactorial and multifactorial associations of tertile of Trust research funding, patient recruitment to studies, structures and processes with risk adjusted mortality.

Unifactorial Multifactorial
Resource measure by tertile Odds Ratio of Death (Confidence interval) Odds Ratio of Death (Confidence interval)
Research funding Lowest 1.156 (1.144–1.168) p<0.0001 1.050 (1.033–1.068) p<0.0001
Middle 1.135 (1.123–1.147) p<0.0001 1.040 (1.024–1.055) p<0.0001
Highest 1 1
Lowest 1.056 (1.043–1.068) p<0.0001 1.069 (1.052–1.086) p<0.0001
Patients recruited to studies Middle 1.056 (1.044–1.069) p<0.0001 1.085 (1.070–1.100) p<0.0001
Highest 1 1
Total doctor staffing Lowest 1.152 (1.140–1.164) p<0.0001 1.089 (1.069–1.109) p<0.0001
Middle 1.098 (1.086–1.109) p<0.0001 1.061 (1.047–1.076) p<0.0001
Highest 1 1
Total nurse staffing Lowest 1.100 (1.089–1.112) p<0.0001 0.960 (0.944–0.975) p<0.0001
Middle 1.038 (1.028–1.048) p<0.0001 0.985 (0.973–0.998) p = 0.0001
Highest 1 1
Total critical care beds Lowest 1.060 (1.050–1.072) p<0.0001 0.964 (0.951–0.978) p<0.0001
Middle 1.065 (1.054–1.076) p<0.0001 1.006 (0.993–1.020) p = 0.3888
Highest 1 1
Total radiodiagnostics Lowest 1.096 (1.086–1.107) p<0.0001 1.036 (1.022–1.050) p<0.0001
Middle 1.068 (1.058–1.079) p<0.0001 1.055 (1.043–1.067) p<0.0001
Highest 1 1
Operating theatres Lowest 1.129 (1.119–1.140) p<0.0001 1.064 (1.049–1.079) p<0.0001
Middle 1.084 (1.073–1.094) p<0.0001 1.034 (1.022–1.047) p<0.0001
Highest 1 1
Operational expenditure Lowest 1.158 (1.146–1.170) p<0.0001 1.044 (1.028–1.061) p<0.0001
Middle 1.093 (1.082–1.104) p<0.0001 1.012 (0.999–1.026) p = 0.0792
Highest 1 1
Teaching hospital status Non-teaching 1.076 (1.066–1.086) p<0.0001 0.956 (0.942–0.971) p<0.0001
Teaching 1 1

Of note the association between research funding, patient recruitment and mortality persists in the multifactorial model. The goodness of fit c-statistic (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) for the multifactorial model is 0.81.