Characteristics at index date | Caregivers (N = 19,823) |
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Sex, n (%)b | |
Female | 9,776 (49.3) |
Male | 10,047 (50.7) |
Age at index, mean (standard deviation, SD) years | 59.2 (11.1) |
Health care payer type, n (%) | |
Commercial | 14,693 (74.1) |
Medicare | 5,130 (25.9) |
Health care plan type, n (%) | |
Capitated | 2,134 (10.8) |
Fee For Service | 17,263 (87.1) |
Unknown/Missing | 426 (2.1) |
US geographic region, n (%) | |
North Central | 5,891 (29.7) |
North East | 4,080 (20.6) |
South | 6,993 (35.3) |
West | 2,734 (13.8) |
Unknown/Missing | 125 (0.6) |
Employment status of primary policy holder, n (%) | |
Employed | 8,373 (42.2) |
Not Employed | 5,503 (27.8) |
Unknown/missing | 5,947 (30.0) |
Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.0) |
Number of unique medicationsd, mean (SD) | 4.7 (4.6) |