Table 5.
Associations between models of residential care and costs of potentially inappropriate medications: two-part models
| Unadjusted | Adjusteda | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (95% CI) | P-value | β (95% CI) | P-value | |
| All participants | ||||
| First part: logistic regression model | ||||
| Residing in a home-like model of care | −0.569 (−1.054, −0.085) | 0.021 | −0.735 (−1.283, −0.188) | 0.008 |
| Second part: log-normal linear model | ||||
| Residing in a home-like model of care | −0.191 (−0.461, 0.078) | 0.165 | −0.277 (−0.570, 0.016) | 0.064 |
| Participants with cognitive impairment or dementia | ||||
| First part: logistic regression model | ||||
| Residing in a home-like model of care | −0.654 (−1.15, 0.160) | 0.010 | −0.724 (−1.280, −0.169) | 0.011 |
| Second part: log-normal linear model | ||||
| Residing in a home-like model of care | −0.194 (−0.457, 0.068) | 0.147 | −0.284 (−0.567, 0.002) | 0.051 |
Reference group is participants residing in a standard Australian model of care
aTwo-part-models adjusted for age, sex, marital status, activities of daily living as measured by the modified Barthel Index, social interactions, number of comorbidities, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) scores and PAS-Cog scores
PIMs were based on the standard list of PIMs from the Beers Criteria for all older adults
Participants with cognitive impairment and dementia: sub-group analysis which only includes participants with a PAS-Cog score > 4 or a formal diagnosis of dementia exposed to a PIM in the 12 month period; PIMs were based on the standard list of PIMs from the Beers Criteria for all older adults and the additional list of PIMs from the Beers Criteria for people with cognitive impairment and dementia
All costs are based on Dispensed Price for Maximum Quantity (DPMQ) pricing from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)