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Table 2 OLS regression estimates, dependent variable in-hospital mortality

From: The relationship between nurse contact time and patient outcomes: a retrospective observational study using Real-Time Location data

 

Model (1)

Model (2)

Model (3)

Contact Time

-0. 027

(0. 007)

-0. 034

(0. 007)

-0.046

(0.009)

Patient Characteristics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year-Month Fixed Effects

No

Yes

Yes

Ward Fixed Effects

No

No

Yes

N

101,377

101,377

101,377

  1. The unit of analysis is the patient admission. Coefficient from linear regression model with dependent variable binary indicator of death at discharge. Standard errors are in parenthesis and clustered at the ward level. Patient characteristics are age, age squared, indicator for ethnically white, indicator for female and primary diagnosis dummies. Coefficients and standard errors have been multiplied by 1000