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Table 2 Demographic and Functional Characteristics of those with and without neuropsychiatric disorders (determined using claims plus MCBS survey data)

From: Identifying neuropsychiatric disorders in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey: the benefits of combining health survey and claims data

Characteristic

Overall (n = 10,778)

Neuropsych Disorder (n = 5866 (50 %)

No Neuropsych Disorder (n = 4912 (50 %))

raw n (column wt. %)

column wt. %

column wt. %

Age

<65

2163 (17.6)

27.3

7.9

65–79

5074 (57.2)

44.4

70.0

80+

3541 (25.2)

28.3

22.1

Sex

Female

5855 (54.3)

57.7

50.8

Male

4923 (45.7)

42.3

49.2

Race/ Ethnicity

White NH

8453 (79.3)

78.5

80.0

Black NH

1105 (9.3)

10.0

8.6

Hispanic

711 (6.4)

6.6

6.2

Other

509 (5.0)

4.9

5.2

Marital Status (miss: 5)

Married

4791 (49.3)

41.3

57.3

Not Married

5982 (50.7)

58.7

42.7

Income

<25K

5971 (50.4)

59.7

41.0

≥25K

4807 (49.6)

40.3

59.0

High School Graduate

No

2795 (23.4)

27.0

19.7

Yes

7814 (75.4)

71.1

79.7

Unknown

169 (1.2)

1.9

0.5

In Facility

No

9895 (94.6)

90.0

99.1

Yes

883 (5.4)

10.0

0.9

Dual Eligible

No

8029 (79.4)

70.7

88.2

Yes

2749 (20.6)

29.3

11.8

Activities of Daily Living Stage (miss: 36)

0

6557 (64.3)

51.0

77.7

I

1727 (15.7)

17.8

13.5

II

960 (8.3)

12.3

4.3

III

985 (8.3)

12.6

4.0

IV

513 (3.4)

6.4

0.5

Difficulty Money (miss: 43)

Yes

1901 (13.6)

24.0

3.3

No

8834 (86.4)

76.0

96.7

Difficulty Phone (miss: 42)

Yes

1338 (10.2)

15.7

4.6

No

9398 (89.8)

84.3

95.4

Community only

 Proxy

No

8802 (90.6)

86.7

94.1

Yes

1093 (9.4)

13.3

5.9

  1. Abbreviations: MCBS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, wt. weighted, NH non-Hispanic, Neuropsych neuropsychiatric. Source: Authors' analysis using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2010