Table 2.

Regression results: mortality (adjusted, log scale)

Mortality
Variables	HCU#	Non-HCU#
	Coefficient (SE)	Coefficient (SE)
Variance in mortality, σ2u	0.005 (0.003)*	0.051 (0.021)*
Intercept	−7.154 (0.087)*	−13.883 (0.201)*
Age	0.071 (0.002)*	0.109 (0.003)*
Sex, M	0.346 (0.017)*	0.392 (0.033)*
ADG	−0.04 (0.002)*	0.052 (0.004)*
Low income status	0.091 (0.02)*	0.227 (0.039)*
R2, %	8.8%	17.9%
LRT (Chi2 dist, p < 0.05)	5207.2	2800.21

# - Estimated through a mixed effects two-part model; * - estimates were statistically significant at p < .05; ADGs- Aggregated Diagnosis Groups; HCU- high-cost user; LHIN – Local Health Integrated Network; LRT- likelihood ratio test; R²- coefficients of determination; SE- Standard Error