TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics, primary caregiver characteristics and acute hospital utilization
| Home care (≥65 years) |
ALC (All) |
ALC (<75 years) |
ALC (≥75 years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (CI) | N | % (CI) | N | % (CI) | N | % (CI) | N | ||
| Demographic Characteristics | |||||||||
| Age (mean) | 82.1 (±.06) |
113,046 | 83.0 (±0.1) |
13,915 | 70.2 (±0.2) |
1,841 | 85.4 (±0.1) |
12,074 | |
| Gender | Female | 68.0 (±0.4) |
76,812 | 61.5 (±0.1) |
8,537 | 51.6 (±3.0) |
949 | 62.9 (±1.1) |
7,588 |
| Marital status | Married | 37.3 (±0.4) |
42,123 | 30.1 (±1.0) |
4,214 | 36.7 (±2.9) |
675 | 29.3 (±1.1) |
3,539 |
| Not married | 51.9 (±0.4) |
58,633 | 54.9 (±1.1) |
7,620 | 27.9 (±2.7) |
514 | 58.9 (±1.2) |
7,106 | |
| Lived alone |
*33.7 (±0.4) |
15,154 |
*39.9 (±1.1) |
3,548 |
*38.5 (±2.9) |
491 |
*40.1 (±1.1) |
3,057 | |
| Lived in | Nursing home |
*3.3 (±0.1) |
1,475 |
*12.7 (±0.7) |
1,088 |
*4.5 (±1.2) |
49 |
*14.2 (±0.8) |
1,039 |
| Private residence |
*77.1 (±0.3) |
34,659 |
*54.8 (±1.1) |
4,900 |
*60.4 (±2.9) |
769 |
*53.7 (±1.2) |
4,131 | |
| Private residence (HC§) |
*11.8 (±0.2) |
5,304 |
*24.7 (±0.9) |
2,253 |
*23.0 (±2.5) |
293 |
*25.5 (±1.0) |
1,960 | |
| Board/assisted/group home |
*7.1 (±0.2) |
3,203 |
*9.2 (±0.6) |
821 |
*4.5 (±1.2) |
57 |
*9.9 (±0.7) |
764 | |
| Primary Caregiver Status | |||||||||
| Lives with client | 49.4 (±0.4) |
54,923 | 38.5 (±1.1) |
5,357 | 42.4 (±3.0) |
779 | 37.7 (±1.1) |
4,554 | |
| Is a spouse |
*29.7 (±0.4) |
32,968 |
*23.6 (±0.9) |
3,263 |
*34.1 (±2.8) |
596 |
*22.4 (±1.0) |
2,667 | |
| Is a child or child-in-law |
*55.1 (±0.4) |
61,112 |
*57.5 (±1.1) |
7,899 |
*41.1 (±3.0) |
719 |
*60.3 (±1.1) |
7,180 | |
| Caregiver is unable to continue | 6.7 (±0.2) |
7,456 | 20.7 (±0.9) |
2,919 | 19.1 (±2.4) |
352 | 21.3 (±1.0) |
2,567 | |
| Resource Utilization | |||||||||
| Hospitalizations (90 days pre-admission)^ | 0 | 76.1 (±0.3) |
86,076 | 83.9 (±0.8) |
11,678 | 82.6 (±2.3) |
1,521 | 84.1 (±0.9) |
10,157 |
| 1–2 | 23.1 (±0.3) |
26,121 | 15.1 (±0.8) |
2,128 | 16.1 (±2.2) |
297 | 15.2 (±0.8) |
1,831 | |
| ≥3 | 0.8 (±0.1) |
849 | 1.0 (±0.2) |
108 | 1.3 (±0.7) |
23 | 0.7 (±0.2) |
85 | |
| ED visits (90 days pre-admission)^ | 0 | 82.8 (±0.3) |
93,577 | 80.1 (±0.9) |
11,137 | 81.4 (±2.3) |
1,499 | 79.8 (±0.9) |
9,638 |
| 1–2 | 16.0 (±0.3) |
18,113 | 17.7 (±0.8) |
2,512 | 16.1 (±2.2) |
296 | 18.4 (±0.9) |
2,216 | |
| ≥3 | 1.2 (±0.1) |
1,356 | 2.1 (±0.3) |
265 | 2.5 (±0.9) |
46 | 1.8 (±0.3) |
219 | |
* Missing data due to the inclusion of partial assessments
§ ‘HC’ = Home care
^ Not including current hospitalization
Note: All confidence intervals are 99% (alpha=0.01) unless otherwise specified.