Table 2 Relationship between background/disease predictors and discharge destination (relative risk ratios, standard errors and statistical significance).

Demographics

   Age (in years) squared

1.00

0.00

***

1.00

0.00

***

1.00

0.00

***

   Age (in years)

1.37

0.02

***

1.55

0.08

***

1.34

0.05

***

   Female

1.22

0.03

***

1.14

0.07

*

0.97

0.05

   Presence of a spouse

0.65

0.01

***

0.26

0.02

***

0.48

0.02

***

   Female spouse

1.25

0.03

***

1.20

0.10

*

1.12

0.07

   Presence of a child

0.97

0.04

0.64

0.07

***

1.17

0.09

*

   Female spouse and child

1.03

0.05

1.10

0.21

0.85

0.09

Hospital care utilization

   Hospital days squared

1.00

0.00

***

1.00

0.00

***

1.00

0.00

***

   Hospital days

1.08

0.00

***

1.10

0.00

***

1.12

0.00

***

Hospital care diagnoses

   Intestinal, stomach and rectum cancer

3.36

0.10

***

1.72

0.19

***

1.25

0.11

*

   Lung cancer

4.89

0.20

***

2.61

0.44

***

2.22

0.27

***

   Uterus cancer

2.05

0.18

***

1.65

0.52

0.95

0.35

   Ovary cancer

2.88

0.31

***

1.93

0.71

1.45

0.47

   Prostate cancer

1.60

0.08

***

1.14

0.24

1.15

0.16

   Bladder cancer

1.43

0.07

***

0.61

0.16

0.51

0.10

***

   Diabetes mellitus

1.32

0.03

***

1.08

0.09

1.00

0.06

   Dementia

2.08

0.18

***

4.09

0.69

***

7.50

0.83

***

   Schizophrenia

1.62

0.16

***

2.23

0.51

***

3.89

0.55

***

   Alzheimer's disease

1.20

0.22

1.08

0.46

2.14

0.51

**

   Epilepsy

1.42

0.11

***

2.25

0.49

***

1.33

0.18

*

   Heart Failure

1.26

0.03

***

1.14

0.09

0.65

0.05

***

   Cerebrovascular diseases

1.17

0.04

***

1.32

0.12

**

11.55

0.43

***

   COPD

1.29

0.03

***

1.06

0.10

0.73

0.05

***

   Alcoholic liver disease

2.63

0.49

***

3.84

2.03

*

4.03

1.38

***

   Infections of skin

1.61

0.13

***

0.95

0.30

1.00

0.21

   Coxarthrosis

2.54

0.06

***

5.16

0.34

***

4.93

0.28

***

   Gonarthrosis

1.69

0.05

***

2.57

0.23

***

3.89

0.26

***

   Glomerular disorders

1.31

0.09

***

0.73

0.21

0.32

0.09

***

   Intracranial injury

1.10

0.08

1.53

0.28

*

2.21

0.27

***

   Fracture of elbow and forearm

1.86

0.14

***

2.27

0.45

***

2.41

0.38

***

   Fracture of femur

2.03

0.08

***

3.83

0.30

***

9.30

0.48

***

   Fracture of ankle or lower leg

2.21

0.16

***

6.12

0.92

***

8.18

0.93

***