Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Dementia and Medicaid Coverage Status

Variable	Medicare only (No Medicaid)			Dual Medicare and Medicaid covered
	Dementia	No dementia	p	Dementia	No Dementia	p
N	142	1,069		228	340
Age, mean (SD)	82.1	76.5	<.001	82.1	76.1	<.001
	(7.2)	(6.6)		(7.2)	(6.5)
Female, (%)	62.0	61.6	.94	71.5	69.7	.648
White, (%)	34.5	50.3	<.001	2.6	6.2	.152
Black, (%)	33.1	27.4		23.7	22.9
Hispanic, (%)	32.4	21.2		73.2	69.7
Married, (%)	32.3	37.4	.256	21.9	25.2	.394
Years of schooling, mean (SD)	10.1	12.3	<.001	5.9	7.5	<.001
	(4.4)	(4.1)		(4.3)	(4.1)
Household size, mean (SD)	1.6	1.5	.099	1.6	1.6	.963
	(0.6)	(0.6)		(0.6)	(0.6)
Household income ($), mean (SD)	23,179	34,749	<.001	10,531	11,192	<.001
	(21,387)	(27,432)		(4,924)	(7,073)
Household income missing, (%)	45.8	32.5	<.001	41.7	17.9	<.001
Below Federal Poverty Level, (%)	45.1	21.7	<.001	89.6	90.2	.847
Last follow-up <1 year before death, (%)	14.1	3.9	<.001	7.9	5.0	.16
Follow-up years, mean (SD)	3.4	4.0	.069	3.4	3.5	.531
	(2.8)	(3.2)		(2.2)	(2.4)
# Comorbidities, mean (SD)	2.33	2.30	.94	2.83	2.80	.07
	(1.93)	(1.78)		(1.82)	(2.08)
# Extrapyramidal signs, mean (SD)	2.34	0.74	<.001	2.21	0.84	<.001
	(4.13)	(1.70)		(3.61)	(1.73)
BDRS, mean (SD)	1.50	0.27	<.001	2.36	0.43	<.001
	(2.63)	(0.74)		(3.37)	(0.82)
Cognitive z-score, mean (SD)	–0.58	0.27	<.001	–1.07	–0.29	<.001
	(0.63)	(0.57)		(0.64)	(0.55)

Note. BDRS = Blessed Dementia Rating Scale.