Nevertheless, the method of financing may affect the way in which the burden of public expenditure is shared among different groups, including age groups.
The comparisons include age groups, gender, period of immigration, nationality and education.
There was no association with other variables including age groups, gender, location of fracture and types of anesthesia Abbreviations: β estimated regression coefficient, SE standard error of β, OR odds ratio, 95%CI95%5% confidence intervals for the odds ratio.
The relation between plasma nutrient status changes and 6-month mortality was evaluated with multivariate Cox proportional hazard models for 6-month mortality including "age groups", "APACHE-II score" and "baseline plasma nutrient concentrations" as covariates.
For the market contextual factors, we used 100% Medicare population demographic information from the Medicare denominator files to describe characteristics of beneficiaries, including age groups, sex, race or ethnicity, and vulnerability (Dual, disabled, ESRD) status.
The up-to-date immunization coverage across all included age groups was 85% in our study.
The final models included the following variables: study phase; year of registration; sexes included; age groups included; and source of funding.
The 0 16 year age group was chosen to follow hospital admissions including age groups not targeted by the vaccination, but who may be subject to herd immunity.
However, in view of the overall biological influence of age, we include age groups as explanatory variables in all of our analyses.
