Table 3.
The marginal means of healthcare days per month per participant estimated from GLMs
| Inpatient days for all diseases | Outpatient days for all diseases | Inpatient days for PD | Outpatient days for PD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | P-value | Coefficient | P-value | Coefficient | P-value | Coefficient | P-value | |
| GLMsa | −0.94 | < 0.01 | 0.46 | < 0.01 | −0.69 | < 0.01 | 1.93 | < 0.01 |
| Days | (SE) | Days | (SE) | Days | (SE) | Days | (SE) | |
| Physician visit frequency for PD treatment | ||||||||
| Lower frequency | 7.99 | (0.28) | 2.35 | (0.08) | 3.98 | (0.22) | 0.31 | (0.01) |
| Higher frequency | 3.13 | (0.11) | 3.74 | (0.10) | 1.99 | 0.11 | 2.15 | (0.06) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 5.49 | (0.21) | 3.05 | (0.12) | 2.88 | (0.17) | 1.33 | (0.05) |
| Female | 5.46 | (0.19) | 3.18 | (0.08) | 3.02 | (0.16) | 1.31 | (0.04) |
| Age | ||||||||
| 75–79 | 5.93 | (0.30) | 3.19 | (0.14) | 3.10 | (0.25) | 1.30 | (0.06) |
| 80–84 | 5.45 | (0.23) | 3.18 | (0.10) | 2.96 | (0.19) | 1.37 | (0.06) |
| 85–89 | 5.79 | (0.27) | 2.81 | (0.11) | 3.27 | (0.24) | 1.26 | (0.06) |
| ≥ 90 | 4.23 | (0.30) | 3.45 | (0.27) | 2.18 | (0.25) | 1.36 | (0.11) |
| Residential facility | ||||||||
| Home | 5.94 | (0.18) | 3.13 | (0.08) | 3.25 | (0.16) | 1.30 | (0.04) |
| Retirement home | 5.65 | (0.63) | 3.34 | (0.39) | 2.85 | (0.52) | 1.35 | (0.14) |
| Long-term care facility | 4.09 | (0.24) | 3.05 | (0.18) | 2.15 | (0.19) | 1.38 | (0.09) |
| Long-term care level | ||||||||
| None | 4.96 | (0.23) | 3.26 | (0.13) | 2.62 | (0.18) | 1.23 | (0.05) |
| Requiring help | 6.36 | (0.46) | 3.10 | (0.15) | 3.81 | (0.40) | 1.22 | (0.07) |
| Long-term care level 1–2 | 5.44 | (0.28) | 2.86 | (0.11) | 3.09 | (0.24) | 1.26 | (0.06) |
| Long-term care level 3–5 | 5.83 | (0.29) | 3.16 | (0.20) | 2.96 | (0.23) | 1.60 | (0.10) |
| Mortality | ||||||||
| No | 3.90 | (0.21) | 3.29 | (0.12) | 2.25 | (0.18) | 1.27 | (0.05) |
| Yes | 6.30 | (0.20) | 2.95 | (0.10) | 3.30 | (0.16) | 1.37 | (0.06) |
| Malignancy | ||||||||
| No | 5.36 | (0.16) | 3.00 | (0.08) | 3.05 | (0.14) | 1.37 | (0.04) |
| Yes | 5.76 | (0.28) | 3.52 | (0.14) | 2.74 | (0.20) | 1.19 | (0.06) |
| Ischemic heart disease | ||||||||
| No | 5.15 | (0.18) | 2.90 | (0.09) | 2.74 | (0.14) | 1.24 | (0.04) |
| Yes | 5.89 | (0.22) | 3.40 | (0.10) | 3.25 | (0.19) | 1.42 | (0.06) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | ||||||||
| No | 4.62 | (0.23) | 3.12 | (0.15) | 2.81 | (0.19) | 1.28 | (0.05) |
| Yes | 5.83 | (0.17) | 3.13 | (0.07) | 3.02 | (0.14) | 1.34 | (0.04) |
| Dyslipidemia | ||||||||
| No | 5.82 | (0.19) | 2.93 | (0.09) | 3.24 | (0.16) | 1.38 | (0.05) |
| Yes | 5.02 | (0.20) | 3.31 | (0.11) | 2.58 | (0.16) | 1.26 | (0.04) |
| Diabetes mellitus | ||||||||
| No | 5.49 | (0.18) | 2.90 | (0.08) | 3.07 | (0.15) | 1.27 | (0.04) |
| Yes | 5.45 | (0.21) | 3.41 | (0.12) | 2.80 | (0.17) | 1.39 | (0.06) |
| Dementia | ||||||||
| No | 4.55 | (0.20) | 3.00 | (0.09) | 2.31 | (0.15) | 1.19 | (0.05) |
| Yes | 6.01 | (0.19) | 3.21 | (0.10) | 3.35 | (0.16) | 1.40 | (0.05) |
aGLMs only shows the result of physician visit frequency for PD treatment
Abbreviation: SE Standard error