Table 5.
Multi-level Logistic Regression Models
| Attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Full medical treatment | Long-term artificially administered nutrition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| Individual-level variables | ||||||
| Resident signed own POLST | 2.13 (1.44–3.13)*** | 2.05 (1.39–3.01)*** | 1.83 (1.24–2.69)** | 1.78 (1.21–2.61)** | 0.87 (0.58-.31) | 0.86 (0.57–1.29) |
| Facility-level variables | ||||||
| % residents who were aged 65+ | — | 0.95 (0.94–0.97)*** | — | 0.96 (0.93–0.98)*** | — | 0.97 (0.95–0.99)** |
| % residents who were White | — | 0.98 (0.97–0.99)** | — | 0.98 (0.97–1.00)* | — | 0.98 (0.97–1.00)* |
| % residents who were Hispanic | — | 1.02 (1.00–1.03) | — | 1.02 (1.00–1.04) | — | 1.08 (1.05–1.12)*** |
| % residents with Medicare stays | — | 1.02 (1.00–1.04) | — | 1.01 (0.99–1.04) | — | 0.97 (0.95–1.00)* |
| Facility-level variance | 1.349 | 0.072 | 1.708 | 0.156 | 3.207 | 0.135 |
| Inter-class correlation | 0.291 | 0.021 | 0.342 | 0.045 | 0.494 | 0.039 |
Note: POLST = Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.