Table 7. Determinants of the total cost. Regression analysis of total annual costs of care (GLM model with log link).
Observed | Bootstrap | 95% Conf. Interval | ||||
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Depvar: Total Cost | Coef. | Std. Err. | Z | P>z | Lower | Upper |
Patient's Age | -0.002 | 0.004 | -0.34 | 0.731 | -0.010 | 0.007 |
Patient Male = 1 | 0.110 | 0.095 | 1.16 | 0.247 | -0.076 | 0.297 |
ZBIi | 0.004 | 0.003 | 1.47 | 0.141 | -0.001 | 0.010 |
NPI-Qii | 0.033 | 0.015 | 2.18 | 0.029 | 0.003 | 0.062 |
ADLQiii | 0.013 | 0.003 | 4.93 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.018 |
Paid caregiver iv | -0.132 | 0.114 | -1.16 | 0.248 | -0.356 | 0.092 |
SES1v | 0.138 | 0.166 | 0.83 | 0.404 | -0.187 | 0.464 |
SES2v | 0.147 | 0.167 | 0.89 | 0.376 | -0.179 | 0.474 |
SES3v | 0.067 | 0.207 | 0.33 | 0.744 | -0.338 | 0.473 |
Constant | 11.816 | 0.377 | 31.36 | 0.000 | 11.078 | 12.555 |
N of Observations | 306 |
Notes
i Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).
ii Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q).
iiiActivities of Daily Life Questionnaire (ADLQ).
iv Availability of a paid caregiver.
v SESD 1–3 are indicator variables for SES levels 1,2 and 3, respectively. SESD 4 is omitted. Bootstrap standard errors with 1,000 replications.