Research Article
Predictors of Inpatient Utilization among Veterans with Dementia
Table 5
Enabling factors∗ for veterans’ utilization of inpatient hospitalization.
| | | Univariate logistic regression () | Univariate negative binomial () | | | Estimate | value | Confidence interval | Estimate | value | Confidence interval |
| | Income | | | | | | | | <$20,000 | 1.164 | 0.3706 | 0.622–2.181 | −0.0998 | 0.5996 | −0.4726–0.2729 | | $20,000–$40,000 | 0.811 | 0.2693 | 0.462–1.421 | −0.0920 | 0.6074 | −0.4432–0.2591 | | **>$40,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Priority score | | | | | | | | **Priority 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Priorities 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 | 0.844 | 0.2312 | 0.376–1.892 | −0.1497 | 0.5301 | −0.6171–0.3177 | | Priorities 7a, 7c, 8a, and 8c | 1.368 | 0.1822 | 0.583–3.211 | 0.0020 | 0.9935 | −0.4855–0.4896 | | Miles to VA | 1.004 | 0.3940 | 0.995–1.014 | −0.0021 | 0.4523 | −0.0074–0.0033 |
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Controlling for site, **reference variable.
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