The economic impact of mental healthcare consumption before and after stroke in a cohort of stroke patients in the Netherlands: a record linkage study

Table 2 Predictors of total post-stroke mental healthcare costs (Model 1)

Predictors^a	Level	β	p	95% Confidence Interval
Living with partner	Yes/no	0.536	0.277	-0.433, 1.505
Age	Continuous	0.048	0.018^†	0.008, 0.087
Number of hospitalization days	Continuous	0.026	0.025^†	0.003, 0.049
Discharged to nursing home	Yes/no	0.364	0.751	-1.891, 2.619
Discharged to home	Yes/no	0.983	0.357	-1.196, 3.162
Stroke type	Ischemic/haemorrhagic	0.342	0.607	-0.968, 1.653
Stroke location	Left/right	0.506	0.267	-0.390, 1.403
MRS	Continuous	0.390	0.540	-0.861, 1.641
Hypertension	Yes/no	-0.277	0.545	-1.180, 0.625
Diabetes	Yes/no	-0.587	0.290	-1.679, 0.504
Alive within 10-year ref/period	Yes/no	0.956	0.060	-0.043, 1.954
Mental healthcare costs before stroke	Continuous	0.249	0.000^†	0.118, 0.380
Explained variance	0.155 (R ² )

^†Significant at the p = 0.05 level
^aPredictors with only two levels or continuous predictors were included. Based on the likelihood method, the variable ‘sex’ was excluded

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