Table 1.

Resident characteristics.

Characteristic	Residents
	(n = 553)
Age, mean years (SD)	88.0 (7.5)
Gender, % female (number)	68.1 (374)∗
Length of stay in RAC facility, mean weeks (SD)	187.9 (104.4)
Number of medications 365 days before death, mean (SD)	9.1 (4.5)
Number of medications at death, mean (SD)	8.7 (5.1)

^∗n = 549, gender was missing for four residents.