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Table 2 Description of provider cluster attributes (n = 407)

From: Differences in nursing home admission between functionally defined populations in Germany and the association with quality of health care

Attributes

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Quarters until admission to nursing home

13.4 (7.0)

13.9 (7.8, 18.2)

Percent of care-dependent persons admitted to nursing home

22.5 (10.5)

22.1 (16.2, 28.8)

No. of Comorbidities of all patients in clusters

1.9 (0.2)

1.8 (1.7, 2.0)

No. of persons from study cohort in clusters

290.4 (376.5)

183.0 (84.5, 361.0)

No. of persons treated by clusters

17,075.4 (19,340.6)

11,120.6 (5898.8, 21,773.0)

No. of providers in cluster

819.8 (980.4)

499.0 (273.0, 998.5)

  1. SD standard deviation, Q1 first quartile (25th percentile), Q3 third quartile (75th percentile); clusters constructed using SLPA [24]