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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Are community-living and institutionalized dementia patients cared for differently? Evidence on service utilization and costs of care from German insurance claims data

 

Institution

Community

Entire sample

Entire population

   

 N

2,934

5,484

8,418

 Age

84.3 (7.3)

80.1 (7.1)

81.6 (7.5)

 Charlson Index

3.9 (2.2)

4.1 (2.4)

4.0 (2.3)

 Females (as a %)

2,453 (83.6)

3,827 (69.9)

6,280 (74.6)

 Death in 2007 (as a %)

747 (25.5)

719 (13.1)

1,466 (17.4)

No care level

   

 N

1*

3,325

3,326

 Age

 

78.8 (6.6)

78.8 (6.65)

 Charlson Index

 

4.0 (2.4)

4.0 (2.4)

 Females (as a %)

 

2,303 (69.3)

2,304 (69.3)

 Death in 2007 (as a %)

 

257 (7.7)

257 (7.7)

Care level 1

   

 N

705

1,059

1,764

 Age

83.4 (7.2)

81.8 (7.0)

82.4 (7.1)

 Charlson Index

3.9 (2.2)

4.1 (2.4)

4.0 (2.3)

 Females (as a %)

561 (79.6)

762 (72.0)

1,323 (75.0)

 Death in 2007 (as a %)

141 (20.0)

153 (14.4)

294 (16.7)

Care level 2

   

 N

1,201

729

1,930

 Age

84.1 (7.4)

82.3 (7.3)

83.5 (7.1)

 Charlson Index

3.9 (2.3)

4.4 (2.4)

3.8 (2.2)

 Females (as a %)

991 (82.5)

502 (68.9)

1,493 (77.4)

 Death in 2007 (as a %)

293 (24.4)

180 (24.7)

473 (24.5)

Care level 3

   

 N

1,028

371

1,399

 Age

85.3 (7.3)

83.0 (7.7)

84.7 (7.5)

 Charlson Index

3.7 (2.2)

4.1 (2.4)

3.7 (2.3)

 Females (as a %)

900 (87.6)

260 (70.1)

1,160 (82.9)

 Death in 2007 (as a %)

313 (30.5)

129 (34.8)

442 (31.6)

  1. Data are mean (standard deviation) unless noted otherwise.
  2. * Individual excluded from further analyses.