Table 4 Analysis of influencing factors on the frequency of home visits
Frequency of home visits per week | B | SE | Wald | df | p | Odds Ratio | 95% CI for Odds Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
AVERAGEa (10 to 16 home visits) | ||||||||
1) Regional distributionb | ||||||||
Rural (<  5000) | 1.630 | .521 | 9.772 | 1 | .002** | 5.104 | 1.837 | 14.183 |
Semi-rural (5000 – 10,000) | 1.963 | .568 | 11.950 | 1 | .000*** | 7.118 | 2.339 | 21.659 |
Semi-urban (10,000 – 50,000) | 1.913 | .493 | 15.045 | 1 | .000*** | 6.772 | 2.576 | 17.802 |
2) Regional primary care status | ||||||||
Imminent underserved regionsc | −.088 | .408 | .047 | 1 | .829 | .915 | .412 | 2.036 |
3) Overall patient population | ||||||||
Patient contacts per quarter | .000 | .001 | .050 | 1 | .824 | 1.000 | .999 | 1.001 |
Share of patients over 65 years | −.009 | .012 | .616 | 1 | .433 | .991 | .969 | 1.014 |
4) Organizational characteristics | ||||||||
Share of delegation | −.022 | .009 | 5.696 | 1 | .017* | .978 | .960 | .996 |
HIGHa (17 or more home visits) | ||||||||
1) Regional distributionb | ||||||||
Rural (<  5000) | 1.249 | .479 | 6.807 | 1 | .009** | 3.488 | 1.365 | 8.918 |
Semi-rural (5000 – 10,000) | 1.031 | .543 | 3.611 | 1 | .057 | 2.803 | .968 | 8.119 |
Semi-urban (10,000 – 50,000) | 1.007 | .461 | 4.778 | 1 | .029* | 2.738 | 1.110 | 6.755 |
2) Regional primary care status | ||||||||
Imminent underserved regionsc | .450 | .386 | 1.359 | 1 | .244 | 1.568 | .736 | 3.338 |
3) Overall patient population | ||||||||
Patient contacts per quarter | .001 | .000 | 7.021 | 1 | .008** | 1.001 | 1.000 | 1.002 |
Share of patients over 65 years | .005 | .011 | .208 | 1 | .648 | 1.005 | .984 | 1.027 |
4) Organizational characteristics | ||||||||
Share of delegation | −.037 | .012 | 10.060 | 1 | .002** | .964 | .943 | .986 |