Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics of Residents with Dementia Admitted to a Nursing Home Stratified by the Presence of a Dementia Special Care Unit (SCU) in the Nursing Home
| Overall | SCU | Non‐SCU | Standardized Mean Diff. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| N | 704,782 | – | 198,493 | 28% | 506,289 | 72% | – |
| Age (mean/SD) | 83.0 | (8.3) | 82.8 | (82.8) | 83.1 | (83.1) | −0.03 |
| Female | 481,419 | 68.3 | 133,268 | 67.1 | 348151 | 68.8 | −0.03 |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 599,142 | 85.0 | 177,237 | 89.3 | 421,905 | 83.3 | 0.17 |
| Black | 75,605 | 10.7 | 15,504 | 7.8 | 60,101 | 11.9 | −0.14 |
| Married | 193,342 | 27.4 | 59,981 | 30.2 | 133,361 | 26.3 | 0.09 |
| Dual eligible | 218,510 | 31.0 | 51,820 | 26.1 | 166,690 | 32.9 | −0.15 |
| In an HMO | 106,125 | 15.1 | 30,965 | 15.6 | 75,160 | 14.9 | 0.02 |
| Hallucinations | 20,484 | 2.9 | 6,563 | 3.3 | 13,921 | 2.8 | 0.03 |
| Delusions | 40,402 | 5.7 | 14,366 | 7.2 | 26,036 | 5.1 | 0.09 |
| Bipolar | 12,282 | 1.7 | 3,378 | 1.7 | 8,904 | 1.8 | 0.00 |
| Schizophrenia | 14,378 | 2.0 | 3,323 | 1.7 | 11,055 | 2.2 | −0.04 |
| Anxiety | 106,893 | 15.2 | 31,170 | 15.7 | 75,723 | 15.0 | 0.02 |
| Cognitive impairment | |||||||
| Mild | 159,392 | 22.6 | 37,886 | 19.1 | 121,506 | 24.0 | −0.12 |
| Moderate | 425,928 | 60.4 | 127,222 | 64.1 | 298,706 | 59.0 | 0.10 |
| Severe | 119,341 | 16.9 | 33,352 | 16.8 | 85,989 | 17.0 | 0.00 |
| Depression | 261,861 | 37.2 | 76,450 | 38.5 | 185,411 | 36.6 | 0.04 |
| Hypertension | 483,340 | 68.6 | 132,805 | 66.9 | 350,535 | 69.2 | −0.05 |
| Diabetes | 173,054 | 24.6 | 44,940 | 22.6 | 128,114 | 25.3 | −0.06 |
| COPD | 98,972 | 14.0 | 26,070 | 13.1 | 72,902 | 14.4 | −0.04 |
| Congestive heart failure | 116,679 | 16.6 | 29,460 | 14.8 | 87,219 | 17.2 | −0.07 |
| Coronary artery disease | 200,593 | 28.5 | 55,795 | 28.1 | 144,798 | 28.6 | −0.01 |
| Stroke | 110,543 | 15.7 | 26,373 | 13.3 | 84,170 | 16.6 | −0.09 |
| Do not hospitalize | 18,979 | 2.7 | 5,738 | 2.9 | 13,241 | 2.6 | 0.02 |
| Do not resuscitate | 360,491 | 51.2 | 109,742 | 55.3 | 250,749 | 49.5 | 0.12 |
| Burrows behavior scale (1–10) (mean/SD) | 1.1 | (1.6) | 1.3 | (1.7) | 1.0 | (1.6) | 0.16 |
| Activities of daily living score (1–28) (mean/SD) | 16.5 | (7.3) | 15.5 | (7.2) | 16.9 | (7.2) | −0.20 |
| Census characteristics of beneficiaries' zip code (mean/SD) | |||||||
| Median income | 49,658 | (17,555) | 50,704 | (50,704) | 49,248 | (49,248) | 0.08 |
| % Uninsured | 12.2 | (6.5) | 11.1 | (11.1) | 12.6 | (12.6) | −0.23 |
| % Public insurance | 34.1 | (9.5) | 33.1 | (33.1) | 34.5 | (34.5) | −0.14 |
| % Unemployed | 4.9 | (2.1) | 4.7 | (4.7) | 5.1 | (5.1) | −0.18 |
| % w/high school equivalence | 31.4 | (10.2) | 31.3 | (31.3) | 31.4 | (31.4) | −0.02 |
| % w/bachelor's degree | 17.5 | (8.0) | 18.1 | (18.1) | 17.3 | (17.3) | 0.11 |
| % ≥65 years old | 16.5 | (5.6) | 16.7 | (16.7) | 16.3 | (16.3) | 0.07 |
| % Living in a rural area | 21.0 | (21.0) | 19.0 | (19.0) | 21.8 | (21.8) | −0.09 |
ADL, activities of daily living; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HMO, health maintenance organization.