Table 4

Regressions results by admission type for acute and acute internal medicine hospital admissions for those 80 years and older 2010–2014, including municipal fixed effects and with MAU services interactions (log–log models)

VariablesAcuteAcute internal medicineAcuteAcute internal medicine
Estimate (95% CI)p ValueEstimate (95% CI)p ValueEstimate (95% CI)p ValueEstimate (95% CI)p Value
Population aged 80+ years0.866 (0.67 to 1.06)0.000.836 (0.64 to 1.04)0.000.849 (0.65 to 1.05)0.000.815 (0.61 to 1.02)0.00
Death rate0.082 (0.03 to 0.14)0.000.077 (0.02 to 0.13)0.010.073 (0.02 to 0.13)0.010.069 (0.01 to 0.12)0.02
Nursing home beds0.001 (−0.07 to 0.07)0.980.006 (−0.07 to 0.08)0.870.005 (−0.07 to 0.08)0.890.008 (−0.06 to 0.08)0.83
GPs0.030 (−0.14 to 0.20)0.730.049 (−0.11 to 0.21)0.560.041 (−0.13 to 0.21)0.630.052 (−0.11 to 0.21)0.52
GPs man-years−0.190 (−0.59 to 0.21)0.35−0.238 (−0.63 to 0.15)0.23−0.158 (−0.51 to 0.20)0.38−0.192 (−0.53 to 0.15)0.26
Total population0.301 (−0.03 to 0.63)0.070.314 (−0.00 to 0.63)0.050.235 (−0.10 to 0.57)0.170.247 (−0.07 to 0.56)0.13
Any MAU access−0.017 (−0.03 to −0.01)0.01−0.016 (−0.03 to −0.00)0.01
Host with LES and 24/7−0.032 (−0.09 to 0.02)0.24−0.040 (−0.10 to 0.02)0.17
Host with doctor 24/7−0.081 (−0.11 to −0.05)0.00−0.086 (−0.12 to −0.05)0.00
Host with only LES−0.002 (−0.05 to 0.04)0.92−0.003 (−0.05 to 0.04)0.90
Host without LES or doc 24/7−0.009 (−0.03 to 0.01)0.33−0.006 (−0.03 to 0.01)0.52
Visitor with LES and 24/7−0.038 (−0.06 to −0.01)0.00−0.040 (−0.07 to −0.01)0.00
Visitor with doc 24/7−0.066 (−0.12 to −0.01)0.02−0.065 (−0.12 to −0.01)0.02
Visitor with LES−0.045 (−0.07 to −0.02)0.00−0.039 (−0.07 to −0.01)0.00
Visitor without ED or doc 24/7−0.007 (−0.04 to 0.03)0.670.002 (−0.03 to 0.04)0.90
Alone with LES and 24/70.010 (−0.01 to 0.03)0.330.006 (−0.02 to 0.03)0.62
Alone with only 24/7−0.017 (−0.03 to −0.00)0.03−0.017 (−0.03 to −0.00)0.02
Alone with only LES−0.048 (−0.12 to 0.02)0.20−0.045 (−0.12 to 0.03)0.26
Alone without LES or doctor 24/70.022 (−0.02 to 0.06)0.260.021 (−0.02 to 0.06)0.28
constant−3.516 (−5.35 to −1.68)0.00−3.553 (−5.32 to −1.78)0.00−3.202 (−5.03 to −1.37)0.00−3.217 (−4.98 to −1.46)0.00
Observations16 10616 10616 10616 106
R2Within=0.066
Overall=0.102
Within=0.062
Overall=0.090
Within=0.070
Overall=0.133
Within=0.067
Overall=0.117
  • GP, general practitioner; LES, local emergency service; MAU, municipal acute bed unit.