Table 1.

Sample Characteristics by Group

Variable	Aging in Place (N=213)		Home Health Care (N=585)
	n	Percent	n	Percent
Number of Females	144	67.6	369	63.1
Race/Ethnicity
Black	38	17.8	79	13.5
White	172	80.8	489	83.6
Medicaid Eligible	85	39.9**	165	28.2
Living Arrangement
Alone	93	41.7**	173	28.6
With spouse	64	28.7*	234	38.7
With other family	58	26.0	185	30.6
Paid help	8	3.6	13	2.1
Chronic Conditions
Alzheimer’s dementia	48	22.5**	78	13.3
Congestive heart failure	83	39.0**	169	28.9
Depression	63	29.6*	124	21.2
Rheumatoid arthritis	75	35.2	274	46.8**
Stroke or transient ischemic attack	37	17.4**	56	9.6
Hyperlipidemia	43	20.2	182	31.1**
Cognitive Status Intact OASIS M0560	123	57.8	441	75.4**
Intractable Pain OASIS M0430	37	17.4*	69	11.8
	M	SD	M	SD
Age, year	78.8	9.7**	75.4	10.0
Number of depressive feelings OASIS M0590	0.48	0.83**	0.18	0.46
Activities of daily living	2.1	1.8 **	1.7	1.3
Instrumental activities of daily living	4.6	2.7*	4.4	4.4

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01