Table 4 Services received the year before the basal assessment
From: Predictors of mortality among elderly dependent home care patients
Total population (N=1,001) | Patients admitted to hospital the year before entering the home care program (N=226) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survived (n=711) | Died (n=290) | p | Survived (n=138) | Died (n=88) | p | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Home help (formal carer) | 286 | 40.2 | 104 | 35.9 | NS | 55 | 39.9 | 31 | 35.6 | NS |
Teleassistance | 97 | 13.6 | 24 | 8.3 | <0.05 | 21 | 15.2 | 7 | 8 | NS |
Meals on wheels | 8 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | NS | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
Volunteers | 17 | 2.4 | 4 | 1.4 | NS | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | NS |
After-hours emergency centralized community services | 109 | 15.3 | 72 | 24.8 | <0.001 | 49 | 35.5 | 44 | 50 | <0.05 |
Hospital at Home services | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.4 | <0.001 | 5 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.3 | NS |
Health center emergency services | 73 | 10.3 | 50 | 17.2 | <0.001 | 21 | 15.3 | 22 | 25 | NS |
Rehabilitation at Home | 66 | 9.3 | 20 | 6.9 | NS | 25 | 18.1 | 9 | 10.2 | NS |
Palliative home care services | 22 | 3.0 | 15 | 5.2 | NS | 9 | 6.5 | 2 | 2.3 | NS |
Private health services | 61 | 8.6 | 19 | 6.6 | NS | 12 | 8.7 | 5 | 5.7 | NS |
Attendance at the social services day center | 11 | 1.6 | 6 | 2.1 | NS | 4 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.1 | NS |
Other social services | 19 | 2.7 | 14 | 4.9 | NS | 5 | 3.6 | 5 | 5.7 | NS |
Day Hospital | 16 | 2.3 | 8 | 2.8 | NS | 7 | 5.1 | 6 | 6.8 | NS |