Table 4 The significant factors for the quality indicators by multivariate logistic regression for dialysis patients in the last month of life during 2006–2011 after adjustments

Male vs. female

0.70 (0.52–0.94)

(0.018)

–

–

–

–

Age

–

–

0.98 (0.97–0.99)

(0.002)

0.98 (0.96–0.99)

(< 0.001)

0.98 (0.97–1.00)

(0.014)

1.52 (1.01–2.29)

(0.046)

2.26 (1.42–3.59)

(0.001)

–

0.39 (0.26–0.56)

(< 0.001)

–

Palliative care,

–

0.99 (0.18–5.58)

(0.01–0.85)

 2006–2009

(0.993)

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.295)

 2010–2011

0.94 (0.66–1.34)

(0.728)

0.84 (0.65–1.08)

(0.179)

0.74 (0.56–0.98)

(0.034)

1.13 (0.84–1.53)

(0.423)

Admission days

–

1.04 (1.03–1.06)

(< 0.001)

1.05 (1.04–1.06)

(< 0.001)

1.02 (1.01–1.03)

(0.002)

1.10 (1.08–1.11)

(< 0.001)

Potassium imbalance^a

0.06 (0.01–0.44)

(0.006)

2.61 (1.20–5.65)

(0.015)

–

–

–

CCI

1.04 (1.00–1.07)

(0.046)

–

–

–

–

Nagelkerke’s R squared

0.154

0.209

0.197

0.120

0.335

Hosme-Lemeshow test

0.068

0.085

< 0.001

0.851

< 0.001