Table 2.
Poisson Model Estimates of Home Care Service Rates in 2020 Compared With 2019 at Latest Week of Analysis Among Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia in Ontario, Canada
| Sociodemographic Strata | At Latest Week∗ |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Support, RR (95% CI) | Nursing, RR (95% CI) | Therapies, RR (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 1.14 (1.11, 1.16) | 1.11 (1.07, 1.15) |
| Rurality | |||
| Urban | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 1.15 (1.12, 1.17) | 1.11 (1.06, 1.15) |
| Rural | 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) | 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) | 1.10 (0.96, 1.26) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | 1.13 (1.10, 1.16) | 1.11 (1.06, 1.16) |
| Male | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | 1.14 (1.11, 1.18) | 1.10 (1.04, 1.16) |
| Income quintile | |||
| First (lowest) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) | 1.15 (1.10, 1.19) | 1.09 (1.01, 1.17) |
| Second | 1.03 (1.02, 1.05) | 1.21 (1.16, 1.26) | 1.18 (1.09, 1.28) |
| Third | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | 1.13 (1.08, 1.18) | 1.11 (1.02, 1.20) |
| Fourth | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98) | 1.06 (1.00, 1.11) | 1.00 (0.91, 1.09) |
| Fifth (highest) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) | 1.13 (1.07, 1.19) | 1.15 (1.05, 1.25) |
∗
Week of September 20, 2020, vs week of September 22, 2019.