Table 3 Variables related to the presence of discharge planning departments in 2001 and 2010 -logistic regression analysis
Year 2001 | Year 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio | 95% Confidential Interval of Odds ratio | P-value | Odds ratio | 95% Confidential Interval of Odds ratio | P-value | |||
Low | High | Low | High | |||||
Establishing bodies (ref. =public sector) | ||||||||
Private sector | 1.546 | 1.169 | 2.044 | 0.002 | 0.741 | 0.524 | 1.048 | 0.090 |
Number of general beds (ref.=100-199) | ||||||||
200-399 | 1.669 | 1.231 | 2.263 | 0.001 | 2.273 | 1.600 | 3.228 | 0.000 |
400- | 2.589 | 1.797 | 3.730 | 0.000 | 4.033 | 2.494 | 6.521 | 0.000 |
Number of patients per nurse(ref.=10) | ||||||||
7 | - | 1.343 | 0.950 | 1.900 | 0.095 | |||
13 | 0.651 | 0.493 | 0.860 | 0.003 | 0.690 | 0.336 | 1.420 | 0.314 |
15 or more | 0.445 | 0.299 | 0.663 | 0.000 | 0.494 | 0.253 | 0.963 | 0.038 |
Affiliated institution or agency (ref.=none) | ||||||||
Exists | 1.462 | 1.122 | 1.904 | 0.005 | 1.036 | 0.746 | 1.438 | 0.832 |