Predictors of Inpatient Utilization among Veterans with Dementia

Table 6

Multivariate analysis^∗ of predictors of veterans’ utilization of inpatient hospitalization (𝑛=195).

	Logistic regression (𝑛=296)			Negative binomial (𝑛=104)
	Estimate	𝑃 value	Confidence interval	Estimate	𝑃 value	Confidence interval
Patient
Marital status	0.493	0.029	0.261–0.930	—	—	—
Personal care dependency	1.048	0.007	1.029–1.197	0.040	0.035	0.003–0.085
Behavior problems	—	—	—	0.044	0.157	−0.015–0.095
VA site
Houston versus Providence (1 versus 5)	1.048	0.4556	0.535–2.054	−0.152	0.487	−0.579–0.276
Boston versus Providence (2 versus 5)	0.542	0.2590	0.194–1.509	0.554	0.034	0.041–1.067
Oklahoma City versus Providence (3 versus 5)	0.519	0.2541	0.171–1.575	−0.445	0.309	−1.302–0.412
Beaumont versus Providence (4 versus 5)	1.575	0.0163	0.849–2.921	0.134	0.458	−0.220–0.487

∗Controlled for site.