Table 1.
Characteristics of long-stay nursing home residents with Medicare Part D, 2011–2014, overall and for select subgroups
| Characteristic | Overall N=562,485 |
Dementia N=272,553 |
Depressiona N=137,067 |
Bipolara N=12,513 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Age at NH entry, y (mean±S.D.) | 78.6 (12.1) | 82.3 (9.7) | 72.9 (13.5) | 61.8 (14.5) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 169,200 (30.1) | 75,780 (27.8) | 40,473 (29.5) | 4,298 (34.3) |
| Female | 393,285 (69.9) | 196,773 (72.2) | 96,594 (70.5) | 8,215 (65.7) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 464,053 (82.5) | 221,847 (81.4) | 115,750 (84.4) | 10,613 (84.8) |
| Black | 56,569 (10.1) | 29,288 (10.7) | 11,865 (8.7) | 1,076 (8.6) |
| Hispanic | 26,714 (4.7) | 14,366 (5.3) | 6,267 (4.6) | 564 (4.5) |
| Others | 15,149 (2.7) | 7,052 (2.6) | 3,185 (2.3) | 260 (2.1) |
| Clinical conditionsb | ||||
| Delirium | 91,970 (16.4) | 76,339 (28) | 10,090 (7.4) | 1,107 (8.8) |
| Parkinson | 22,475 (4) | 17,025 (6.2) | 3,086 (2.3) | 281 (2.2) |
| PTSD | 1,560 (0.3) | 460 (0.2) | 1,100 (0.8) | 382 (3.1) |
| Personality disorder | 1,397 (0.2) | 686 (0.3) | 623 (0.5) | 264 (2.1) |
| Other anxiety disorder | 72,961 (13) | 37,358 (13.7) | 26,869 (19.6) | 3,276 (26.2) |
| Dementia | 272,553 (48.5) | 272,553 (100.0) | – | – |
| Presence of select Elixhauser conditionsb | ||||
| Congestive Heart Failure | 142,804 (25.4) | 67,071 (24.6) | 37,890 (27.6) | 2,420 (19.3) |
| Hypertension Uncomplicated | 422,396 (75.1) | 203,167 (74.5) | 105,117 (76.7) | 8,160 (65.2) |
| Chronic Pulmonary Disease | 142,888 (25.4) | 60,008 (22) | 45,020 (32.8) | 4,279 (34.2) |
| Diabetes Uncomplicated | 193,243 (34.4) | 88,454 (32.5) | 53,405 (39) | 4,642 (37.1) |
| Renal Failure | 93,940 (16.7) | 40,467 (14.8) | 26,264 (19.2) | 1,916 (15.3) |
| Liver Disease | 18,291 (3.3) | 6,689 (2.5) | 6,628 (4.8) | 870 (7) |
| Obesity | 31,893 (5.7) | 7,939 (2.9) | 14,037 (10.2) | 1,622 (13) |
| Weight Loss | 48,398 (8.6) | 26,306 (9.7) | 12,530 (9.1) | 988 (7.9) |
| Alcohol Abuse | 6,479 (1.2) | 3,249 (1.2) | 2,187 (1.6) | 421 (3.4) |
| Drug Abuse | 3,087 (0.5) | 1,338 (0.5) | 1,426 (1) | 380 (3) |
| Psychoses | 45,026 (8) | 33,602 (12.3) | 7,886 (5.8) | 1,349 (10.8) |
| Total number of Elixhauser conditionsb | ||||
| 0 | 18,106 (3.2) | 8,230 (3) | 2,420 (1.8) | 491 (3.9) |
| 1–2 | 136,229 (24.2) | 66,300 (24.3) | 24,676 (18) | 2,709 (21.6) |
| 3–4 | 180,745 (32.1) | 91,220 (33.5) | 41,258 (30.1) | 3,656 (29.2) |
| 5–6 | 120,099 (21.4) | 58,166 (21.3) | 32,770 (23.9) | 2,762 (22.1) |
| 7–8 | 62,011 (11) | 28,888 (10.6) | 19,216 (14) | 1,583 (12.7) |
| ≥9 | 45,295 (8.1) | 19,749 (7.2) | 16,727 (12.2) | 1,312 (10.5) |
a
Excludes persons with dementia; columns are not mutually exclusive.
b
Presence determined from the resident’s date of entry into the cohort based on the 100-day period required to establish patient as a long-stay nursing home resident.