From: Determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life in Switzerland
Length of stay (days) | IRR | 95 % CI | ||
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Mean | SD | |||
Age (at time of death) (p < 0.001) | 0.98 | 0.98–0.99 | ||
Sex (p < 0.05) | ||||
men | 32.3 | 38.7 | 1.00 | |
women | 31.9 | 38.2 | 1.03 | 1.00–1.06 |
Cause of death (p < 0.001) | ||||
cancer (ref.) | 39.1 | 36.4 | 1.00 | |
coronary heart disease | 23.6 | 34.8 | 0.68 | 0.65–0.70 |
stroke | 23.2 | 35.6 | 0.65 | 0.62–0.68 |
COPD | 35.6 | 44.3 | 0.89 | 0.83–0.95 |
dementia | 61.2 | 72.6 | 1.74 | 1.57–1.92 |
other | 29.0 | 38.3 | 0.81 | 0.78–0.83 |
Multimorbidity (p < 0.001) | ||||
no (ref.) | 33.9 | 39.7 | 1.00 | |
yes | 36.6 | 41.3 | 1.07 | 1.04–1.10 |
unknown (no hospital stay) | 27.5 | 34.8 | 0.79 | 0.77–0.82 |
ICU during last stay (p < 0.001) | ||||
no (ref.) | 33.3 | 39.5 | 1.00 | |
1–48 h | 20.3 | 29.9 | 0.65 | 0.62–0.67 |
more than 48 h | 31.3 | 33.2 | 0.97 | 0.93–1.01 |
Educational level (p < 0.001) | ||||
medium (ref.) | 31.3 | 36.1 | 1.00 | |
low | 31.3 | 37.6 | 0.98 | 0.95–1.01 |
high | 34.4 | 41.5 | 1.05 | 1.01–1.09 |
unknown | 34.0 | 43.2 | 1.06 | 1.02–1.10 |
House or flat owner (p < 0.001) | ||||
tenant (ref.) | 33.1 | 40.0 | 1.00 | |
owner-occupier | 30.7 | 36.4 | 0.93 | 0.91–0.95 |
Room category (p < 0.01) | ||||
regular (ref.) | 32.4 | 40.1 | 1.00 | |
semi-private/private | 31.1 | 32.2 | 1.04 | 1.01–1.07 |
Marital status (p < 0.001) | ||||
married (ref.) | 32.4 | 37.1 | 1.00 | |
never married | 33.1 | 42.9 | 1.04 | 0.99–1.08 |
widowed | 30.0 | 37.9 | 1.03 | 1.00–1.06 |
divorced | 38.4 | 44.9 | 1.12 | 1.07–1.17 |
Nationality (p < 0.001) | ||||
Swiss (ref.) | 31.4 | 37.8 | 1.00 | |
foreign | 39.8 | 45.1 | 1.09 | 1.04–1.14 |
Language region (p < 0.001) | ||||
German (ref.) | 27.6 | 34.1 | 1.00 | |
French | 42.1 | 46.5 | 1.36 | 1.32–1.40 |
Italian | 37.3 | 34.8 | 1.22 | 1.16–1.29 |
Nursing home bed densitya (p > 0.001) | 0.96 | 0.95–0.97 |