ISSN 0377-9556 (PRINT)
ISSN 2383-9457 (ONLINE)
ISSN 2383-9457 (ONLINE)
Contributing Factors on Increasing Unused Medicines in Long-term Care Facility
| Variables | Relative Risk (RR) |
95% CI |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 0.859 | 0.857 | 0.861 |
| Male | REF | |||
| Age group | 95 y+ | 0.777 | 0.773 | 0.782 |
| 85~94 y | 0.933 | 0.929 | 0.938 | |
| 75~84 y | 1.059 | 1.054 | 1.064 | |
| 65~74 y | REF | |||
| National health security type | Medical Aids | 1.081 | 1.078 | 1.084 |
| National Health Insurance | REF | |||
| Grade of long-term care insurance | Grade 1 | 0.456 | 0.445 | 0.468 |
| Grade 2 | 0.490 | 0.477 | 0.502 | |
| Grade 3 | 0.558 | 0.544 | 0.572 | |
| Grade 4 | 0.584 | 0.570 | 0.599 | |
| Grade 5 | 0.646 | 0.629 | 0.664 | |
| Grade 6 | REF | |||
| Deaths | Yes | 15.040 | 14.999 | 15.081 |
| No | REF | |||
| Grade of disability | Yes | 1.118 | 1.116 | 1.121 |
| No | REF | |||
| Duration of hopitalization (per 10 days increase) | 0.924 | 0.924 | 0.925 | |
| No. outpatient visits (per 10 visits increase) | 1.144 | 1.143 | 1.145 | |
| Average medication days per prescription (per 10 days increase) | 1.157 | 1.157 | 1.157 | |
*This result was derived by applying Poisson regression
**95% confidence intervals for RRs