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Table 2 Percentage of clients entering long-term care home, caregiver distress, and ratings of being better off elsewhere by MAPLe priority level, Ontario derivation sample (n = 4,835)

From: The Method for Assigning Priority Levels (MAPLe): A new decision-support system for allocating home care resources

 

MAPLe

Dependent variable

Low

Mild

Moderate

High

Very high

Admitted to long-term care home within 90 days

Absolute rate

1.3%

2.9%

4.7%

7.5%

14.5%

Adjusted odds ratio*

Reference

2.14

3.64

5.91

11.35

Caregiver distress

Absolute rate

3.6%

8.0%

15.8%

26.1%

51.0%

Adjusted odds ratio*

Reference

2.50

4.96

9.31

26.61

Better off elsewhere

Absolute rate

6.4%

9.1%

10.2%

18.9%

33.1%

Adjusted odds ratio*

Reference

1.40

1.67

3.39

7.10

n

1,181

1,094

1,358

852

351

  1. * Adjusted for age, sex