Table 3

Multiple linear regression model predicting total health costs per person-month

Coefficient95% CI lower limit95% CI upper limit
Number of hospitalisations2591*25842598
10% increase in nurse and AHP annual turnover11*715
10% increase in proportional use of agency nurses10*811
Potentially preventable hospitalisations10063*10 00110 126
Euclidean distance to hospital (km)0.16*0.140.17
Number of primary care consultations170*169171
  • *P<0.001.

  • AHP, Aboriginal health practitioner.