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Table 6 Results of generalized linear regression with response variable “total cost per episode” for consultation episodes

From: A pilot study on patient-related costs and factors associated with the cost of specialist palliative care in the hospital: first steps towards a patient classification system in Germany

Parameter

exp (b)

Lower CI

Upper CI

SE

p-value

Intercept

1021.284

703.760

1482.069

1.209

< 0.001

Age

0.997

0.993

1.002

1.002

0.298

Sex

 m vs f

0.815

0.723

0.920

1.064

0.001

Stable phase of illness (adm.)

 Yes vs no

0.907

0.773

1.063

1.085

0.227

Deteriorating phase of illness (adm.)

1.124

0.939

1.347

1.096

0.203

Phase of illness change

 Yes vs no

1.209

1.059

1.380

1.070

0.005

Karnofsky (adm.)

1.006

1.001

1.010

1.002

0.017

Karnofsky (disch.)

0.990

0.984

0.995

1.003

< 0.001

Discharged home

 Yes vs no

1.333

1.085

1.639

1.111

0.006

Discharged to hospital

 Yes vs no

1.115

0.951

1.308

1.085

0.180

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