Long-term care cost drivers and expenditure projection to 2036 in Hong Kong

Chung, Roger Y; Tin, Keith YK; Cowling, Benjamin J; Chan, King Pan; Chan, Wai Man; Lo, Su Vui; Leung, Gabriel M

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-172

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Long-term care services, corresponding units of utilisation and covariables in regressions to predict service use

From: Long-term care cost drivers and expenditure projection to 2036 in Hong Kong

Services or Allowances	Unit of utilisation	Covariables (if applicable)
*Institutional*
Social Welfare Department/NGO
• Nursing homes	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Subvented Home for the Aged (H/A)	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Subvented Care and Attention Homes for the Elderly (C&A)	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
Private sector/NGO
• Self-financed H/A	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Self-financed C&A	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Private homes	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
Hospital Authority
• Long-stay Infirmary	No. of patients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Long-stay Psychiatry	No. of bed days occupied	Not covered by THS 2004
• Long-stay Mentally Handicapped	No. of bed days occupied	Not covered by THS 2004
• Log-stay Hospice	No. of bed days occupied	Not covered by THS 2004
*Non-institutional*
Social Welfare Department/NGO
• Home Care	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status,
◦ Enhanced Home and Community Care Services		household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and
◦ Integrated Home Care Services		education
◦ Home Help Services
• Day Care	No. of recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status,
◦ Day Care Centre/Unit for the Elderly		household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Department of Health
• Elderly Health Centre	No. of attendances	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Hospital Authority
• Hospice Home Care	No. of visits	Not covered by THS 2004
• Community Medical Services
◦ Community Geriatric Assessment Team	No. of visits (subvented homes + private H/A)	Not covered by THS 2004
◦ Community Nursing Service	No. of visits	Not covered by THS 2004
*Social allowances provided by Social Welfare Department*
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme
• Institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Non-institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Higher Disability Allowance
• Institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Non-institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Normal Disability Allowance
• Institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Non-institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Higher Old Age Allowance
• Institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Non-institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education
Normal Old Age Allowance
• Institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS
• Non-institutional population	No. of allowance recipients	Age group, sex, MDS, marital status, household composition, housing tenure, housing type, monthly household income, and education

Abbreviations
NGO = non-governmental organisations; MDS = validated Chinese version of Minimum Data Set-Home Care; THS = Thematic Household Survey
Categorisation of covariables
Age group (year): 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+;
Sex: M, F;
MDS: 1 (No impairment, no health problem), 2 (No impairment with health problem), 3 (Mild impairment, no health problem), 4 (Mild impairment with health problem), 5 (Moderate impairment, no health problem), 6 (Moderate impairment with health problem), 7 (Severe impairment, no health problem),
8 (Severe impairment with health problem);
Marital status: Separated/Divorced/Widowed, Single, Married/Cohabited;
Household composition: Living alone, Not living alone;
Housing type and tenure: Government housing - rented, Government housing - owned, Private housing - rented, Private housing - owned;
Monthly household income (HK$): <5,000, 5,000 - 12,499, 12,500 - 24,999, >24,999;
Education: No schooling/informal schooling, Primary, Secondary/Matriculation, Tertiary/above

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