Table 3 Associations between household size and co-resident multimorbidity with first unplanned hospitalisation and transitioning to live in a care home; event rate per 1000 person-years and hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for unadjusted and fully adjusted models
Covariate | Event rate/1000 person-years | Unadjusted HR (95% CI) | Fully adjusted HR (95% CI)a,b |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcome: Unplanned hospitalisation | |||
Lives alone | 91.96 (91.41–92.51) | Reference (1.00) | Reference (1.00) |
2-person household co-resident multimorbidity | 85.46 (84.89–86.04) | 0.88 (0.88–0.89) | 0.91 (0.90–0.92) |
2-person household co-resident no multimorbidity | 53.85 (53.45–54.24) | 0.55 (0.54–0.55) | 0.89 (0.89–0.90) |
3-person household co-resident multimorbidity | 53.12 (52.63–53.62) | 0.50 (0.50–0.51) | 0.92 (0.91–0.93) |
3-person household co-resident no multimorbidity | 39.88 (39.6–40.17) | 0.37 (0.37–0.37) | 0.87 (0.86–0.88) |
Outcome: Transition to live in a care home | |||
Lives alone | 5.88 (5.76–6.00) | Reference (1.00) | Reference (1.00) |
2-person household co-resident multimorbidity | 2.82 (2.73–2.92) | 0.76 (0.75–0.77) | 0.78 (0.77–0.79) |
2-person household co-resident no multimorbidity | 0.70 (0.66–0.74) | 0.30 (0.29–0.30) | 0.71 (0.69–0.72) |
3-person household co-resident multimorbidity | 0.73 (0.68–0.78) | 0.23 (0.23–0.24) | 0.78 (0.75–0.80) |
3-person household co-resident no multimorbidity | 0.14 (0.12–0.16) | 0.08 (0.08–0.08) | 0.57 (0.55–0.59) |
