Table A1.
Comparison between study participants and the national statistics.
| Variables | All Municipalities in Japan (n = 1741) |
Study Participants in This Study (n = 433) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 23,690 | 7900–62,325 | 48,091 | 20,494–116,624 | |
| Percentage of population aged +65 (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 34.0 | 29.0–39.2 | 31.4 | 27.1–37.3 | |
| Financial capability index (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 0.5 | 0.3–0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4–0.8 | |
| Number of hospitals per 10,000 population (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 0.6 | 0–1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3–0.9 | |
| Number of clinics delivering home care per 1000, aged +65 population (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 0.4 | 0.2–0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.7 | |
| Number of home-visiting nursing agencies per 1000, aged +65 population (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 0.2 | 0–0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.4 | |
| Number of LTC facility beds per 1000, aged +65 population (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 30.5 | 22.9–40.6 | 27.8 | 21.9–34.4 | |
| Percentage of home deaths (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 12.7 | 9.3–16.3 | 14.2 | 11.4–17.2 | |
| Percentage of LTC facility deaths (median, 25 percentile–75 percentile) | 8.4 | 5.2–12.1 | 8.9 | 6.2–11.5 | |
| Focused anti-infection measures, as of January 2022 (n, %) | Yes | 1467 | 84.2 | 372 | 85.9 |
| No | 275 | 15.8 | 61 | 14.1 | |