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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Health Serv Res. 2009 Oct 29;45(1):79–97. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01061.x

Table 1.

Resident characteristics (n=600,580) and estimates in the risk adjustment model: the Minimum Data Set of the 1st quarter of 2005

Resident Characteristic Prevalence (%)

or Mean ± SD
Risk Adjustment Model
β–Coefficient Odds Ratio P–Value
Urinary and/or fecal incontinence 47.39
Age in years 80.78±13.07
  <65 12.12 −0.510 0.600 0.0000
  65 – 74 11.81 −0.200 0.819 0.0000
  75 – 84 29.13 0.030 1.031 0.0949
  ≥85 46.94 --------------------------Reference-------------------
Female 70.42 −0.051 0.950 0.0003
Age-female interaction
  <65 * female 0.330 1.391 0.0000
  65 – 74 * female 0.158 1.171 0.0000
  75 – 84 * female 0.041 1.042 0.0493
  ≥85 * female --------------------------Reference-------------------
Cognitive skill impairment 53.66 0.621 1.861 0.0000
Delirium 38.75 0.064 1.066 0.0000
Make self understood
  at least usually 87.00 --------------------------Reference-------------------
  Sometimes 11.95 0.386 1.471 0.0000
  Rarely 1.05 0.699 2.012 0.0000
Behavioral symptoms* 20.77 0.098 1.103 0.0000
Physically abusive 4.41 0.273 1.312 0.0000
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
  transfer 0 – 4 1.83±1.40 0.078 1.081 0.0000
  locomotion on unit 0 – 4 1.49±1.49 0.025 1.025 0.0000
  eating 0 – 4 0.81±1.10 0.164 1.178 0.0000
  toilet use 0 – 4 2.16±1.42 1.117 3.056 0.0000
  personal hygiene 0 – 4 2.30±1.24 0.248 1.282 0.0000
  bathing 0 – 4 2.92±0.95 0.265 1.304 0.0000
Intercept −4.854 -- 0.0000
C-statistic 0.914
*

include wandering, and verbally abusive or socially inappropriate/disruptive behaviors.