Table 3 Cox proportional hazards models for hospital mortality
| Â | No frailty | Frailty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | HR (95% CI) | p-value | HR (95% CI) | p-value |
Gender (male) | 1.268 (1.13; 1.42) | <0.001 | 1.272 (1.14; 1.43) | <0.001 |
Age (years) | 1.013 (1.01; 1.02) | <0.001 | 1.013 (1.01; 1.02) | <0.001 |
Type of admission (urgent) | 1.699 (1.43; 2.02) | <0.001 | 1.592 (1.33; 1.91) | <0.001 |
Type of DRG (surgical) | 0.569 (0.47; 0.69) | <0.001 | 0.560 (0.46; 0.68) | <0.001 |
Number of diagnoses | 1.018 (1.00; 1.03) | 0.012 | 1.020 (1.01; 1.04) | 0.012 |
Number of procedures | 0.997 (0.98; 1.01) | 0.580 | 0.994 (0.98;1.01) | 0.360 |
Pneumonia | 1.428 (1.29; 1.59) | <0.001 | 1.431 (1.29; 1.59) | <0.001 |
Tuberculosis | 0.779 (0.69; 0.88) | <0.001 | 0.783 (0.69; 0.88) | <0.001 |
Hepatitis C | 1.013 (0.90; 1.14) | 0.820 | 1.011 (0.90; 1.14) | 0.850 |
Hospital size (>500 beds) | 1.118 (1.01; 1.24) | 0.033 | 1.145 (0.93; 1.41) | 0.210 |
Live in catchment area | 1.032 (0.92; 1.15) | 0.590 | 1.011 (0.90; 1.14) | 0.850 |
Central hospital | 0.798 (0.72; 0.89) | <0.001 | 0.808 (0.68; 0.97) | 0.002 |
Frailty variance | 0.032 | 0.002 | ||