Effects of Adherence to Statin Therapy on Health Care Outcomes and Utilizations in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study

Table 6

Multivariate linear regression analysis for total hospitalization expenditures.

Variable	Coefficient	95% CI	P value
Hospitalization
No	1
Yes	177188.80	175774.2–178603.3	<0.001
Medication possession ratio (MPR)
MPR 80%	1
MPR 80%		−17174.97–−15319.26	<0.001
Gender
Women	1
Men	7086.21	6162.18–8010.24	<0.001
Age (mean SD)
45–54	1
55–64	2288.41	1011.50–3565.33	<0.001
65	11650.73	10452.76–12848.7	<0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
0	1
1	7037.78	5941.98–8133.58	<0.001
2	34563.57	33333.87–35793.27	<0.001
Hospital type
Medical center	1
Regional hospital		−3566.50–−1251.93	<0.001
District hospital		−9983.02–−6582.79	<0.001
Clinic		−14460.53–−10310.88	<0.001
Teaching status
Nonteaching hospital	1
Teaching hospital	4936.11	3201.40–6670.81	<0.001
Urbanization
Urban	1
Suburban	2792.34	1625.67–3959.02	<0.001
Rural	1320.59	96.34–2544.83	0.03
Hospital ownership
Public hospitals	1
Private hospitals	4691.49	3478.72–5904.27	0.80
NonProfit hospitals	163.94	−1084.44–1412.31	0.93

() P < 0.05; P < 0.01; P < 0.001.
() US$1 = NT$30.