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Table 1 Age-sex prevalence of patients receiving NHI funded home healthcare services in 2004.

From: Home healthcare services in Taiwan: a nationwide study among the older population

No. of home healthcare patients*

(% of beneficiaries)

No. of home healthcare visits*

(%)

Home healthcarevisits per patient*

mean ± SD

Age

Male

Female

Total, n (%)

Male

Female

Total, n (%)

Male

Female

65-74

2,544 (0.4)

2,756 (0.4)

5,300 (0.4)

16,880 (13.2)

19,682 (15.4)

36,562 (28.6)

6.6 ± 4.7

7.1 ± 4.9

75-84

4,100 (1.1)

5,133 (1.6)

9,233 (1.3)

24,536 (19.2)

35,548 (27.8)

60,084 (47.0)

6.0 ± 4.6

6.9 ± 5.0

≥85

1,795 (2.7)

3,155 (3.9)

4,950 (3.4)

10,397 (8.2)

20,710 (16.2)

31,107 (24.4)

5.8 ± 4.6

6.6 ± 4.9

Total

8,439 (0.8)

11,044 (1.1)

19,483 (0.9)

51,813 (40.6)

75,940 (59.4)

127,753 (100)

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  1. *P < 0.0001, between males and females in the columns.