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Table 5 Linear regression model to predict changes in study outcomes over the course of treatment

From: The outcomes of treatment for homebound adults with complex medical conditions in a hospital-at-home unit in the southern district of Israel

 

Entire study sample

Subgroup analysis

(N = 623)

*Group 1 (N = 86)

†Group 2 (N = 142)

‡Group 3 (N = 395)

Hospitalization days (N)

Deconditioning (B = −0.18, P = 0.006) R2 = 0.097

Non-significant

Mechanical ventilation (B = −0.4, p = 0.007) R2 = 0.253

Deconditioning (B = -0.24, p = 0.003) R2 = 0.103

Emergency room visits (N)

Geriatric syndromes (B = -0.17, P = 0.004) R2 = 0.056

Non-significant

COPD (B = 0.36, p = 0.044) R2 = 0.218

Geriatric syndromes (B = -0.16, P = 0.025) R2 = 0.06

Hospitalization cost

Deconditioning (B = -0.18, P = 0.006) R2 = 0.096

Non-significant

Mechanical ventilation (B = −0.35, p = 0.017) R2 = 0.232

Deconditioning (B = -0.26, p = 0.001) R2 = 0.116

Hospitalizations (N)

Non-significant

Non-significant

Non-significant

Non-significant

  1. All models included: gender, family status, source of referral, dementia, geriatric syndromes, deconditioning, CHF, mechanical ventilation, acute infection, COPD, malignances, other diseases, CCI and CIRS-G
  2. *Group 1—treated in the unit until the end of the treatment period
  3. Group 2—treated in the unit and died during the treatment period
  4. Group 3—treated in the unit and discharged due to completion of treatment