Table 3

Regression results for hospital admissions 2010–2014, including total population, above 80 years and below 80 years, with municipal fixed effects (log–log models)

All≤80 years80± years
VariablesEstimate (95% CI)p ValueEstimate (95% CI)p ValueEstimate (95% CI)p Value
Population aged <80 years−2.543 (−8.82 to 3.74)0.43−1.890 (−8.25 to 4.47)0.56−0.568 (−9.79 to 8.65)0.90
Population aged 80+ years0.076 (−0.29 to 0.45)0.69−0.041 (−0.40 to 0.32)0.830.733 (0.26 to 1.21)0.00
Death rate0.047 (0.02 to 0.08)0.000.038 (0.01 to 0.07)0.020.070 (0.03 to 0.11)0.00
Nursing home beds0.032 (0.00 to 0.06)0.040.036 (0.01 to 0.07)0.020.003 (−0.05 to 0.06)0.90
GPs0.021 (−0.05 to 0.10)0.590.002 (−0.07 to 0.08)0.950.120 (−0.00 to 0.24)0.06
GPs man-years−0.047 (−0.21 to 0.11)0.57−0.023 (−0.18 to 0.14)0.78−0.158 (−0.41 to 0.10)0.23
Total population0.045 (−0.18 to 0.27)0.69−0.037 (−0.27 to 0.19)0.750.413 (0.18 to 0.64)0.00
Any MAU access−0.012 (−0.02 to −0.00)0.00−0.010 (−0.02 to −0.00)0.02−0.019 (−0.03 to −0.01)0.00
constant19.632 (−24.94 to 64.20)0.3915.746 (−29.29 to 60.78)0.490.634 (−64.56 to 65.83)0.98
Observations24 76324 76324 763
R2Within=0.303
Overall=0.157
Within=0.290
Overall=0.093
Within=0.073
Overall=0.041
  • GP, general practitioner; MAU, municipal acute bed unit.