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. 2016 Dec 19;55(2):155–163. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000634

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Association of cost of care in the last 12 months of life across selected covariates of model 4 (fully adjusted) across sex and age strata. Estimates additionally adjusted for age, civil status, nationality, religion, Swiss-SEP30 index, and level of urbanization. Exponentiated coefficients of regressing inverse hyperbolic sine31 transformed overall cost of care during the last 12 months of life representing cost ratios across analyzed variables. Cost ratio represents the ratio by which costs in specific category are higher or lower when compared with the national mean; for instance, coefficient of 1.2 indicates 1.2 times (or 20%) higher cost. All density of supply measures divided into quintiles of spatial units. CHD indicates coronary heart disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DNS, diseases of the nervous system; MBD, mental and behavioral disorders; ref., reference category. See main text for International Statistical Classification of Diseases-10 codes of the causes of death. See Tables 7–10, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/MLR/B255 for exact estimates of coefficients across all covariates.