Predictors of Inpatient Utilization among Veterans with Dementia

Table 4

Need factors^∗ for veterans’ utilization of inpatient hospitalization.

	Descriptive stats		Univariate logistic regression (𝑛=296)			Univariate negative binomial (𝑛=104)
	Inpatient admission
	Yes; (𝑛=104)	No; (𝑛=192)	Estimate	𝑃 value	Confidence interval	Estimate	𝑃 value	Confidence interval
Patient
Personal care dependency (mean, std)	3.4 (3.5)	2.4 (3.0)	1.108	0.0074	1.028–1.194	0.0504	0.0139	0.0102–0.0906
Cognitive impairment composite (mean, std)	6.7 (3.8)	6.9 (3.6)	0.989	0.7436	0.926–1.056	0.0172	0.3898	−0.0220–0.0565
Behavior problems composite (mean, std)	2.8 (2.6)	2.5 (2.6)	1.063	0.2053	0.967–1.168	0.0525	0.0579	−0.0018–0.1067
Chronic conditions (mean, std)	4.6 (2.2)	4.6 (2.3)	1.033	0.5684	0.925–1.152	0.0377	0.2695	−0.0292–0.1047
Caregiver
Depression (mean, std)	4.0 (3.4)	4.4 (3.4)	0.961	0.2828	0.894–1.033	0.0217	0.2979	−0.0192–0.0627
Role captivity composite (mean, std)	3.6 (1.4)	3.7 (1.5)	0.945	0.4990	0.802–1.114	0.0482	0.3705	−0.0573–0.1536
Relationship strain (mean, std)	7.2 (2.2)	7.0 (2.3)	1.026	0.6365	0.922–1.142	0.0189	0.5674	−0.0459–0.0838
Physical health strain (mean, std)	3.8 (1.5)	3.6 (1.4)	1.079	0.3726	0.913–1.274	0.0512	0.3023	−0.0460–0.1484

∗Controlled for site.