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Table 3 Predictors of total pre-stroke and post-stroke mental healthcare costs (Model 2)

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

Predictorsa

Level

β

p

95% Confidence Interval

Sex

Male/female

-0.505

0.135

-1.169, 0.158

Living with partner

Yes/no

0.756

0.039

0.040, 1.472

Age

Continuous

0.016

0.263

-0.012, 0.043

Number of hospitalization days

Continuous

0.007

0.386

-0.009, 0.024

Discharged to nursing home

Yes/no

1.074

0.191

-0.539, 2.688

Discharged to home

Yes/no

1.087

0.169

-0.466, 2.640

Stroke type

Ischemic/haemorrhagic

0.210

0.658

-0.722, 1.142

Stroke location

Left/right

0.297

0.365

-0.348, 0.942

Diabetes

Yes/no

-0.214

0.589

-0.994, 0.566

Alive within 10-year ref/per

Yes/no

0.136

0.705

-0.569, 0.640

Explained variance

0.047 (R 2 )

   
  1. Significant at the p = 0.05 level
  2. aPredictors with only two levels were included. Dummy variables were created for predictors with more than two levels: Discharge location and MRS scores. Based on the likelihood method, excluded variables were: MRS, Hypertension