Table 1. Supply and demand of home healthcare for Chinese older adults in 2018 (N=15,720).

Variables		Home visiting services
		Available in community (%)	P	Expect community to provide (%)	P
Note: The Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey gives the data of 2018, which is the latest publicly available data so far. With the introduction of policies and the development of the older adults’ healthcare services in recent years, the data analysis results are likely to be underestimated.
Overall		34.26		81.84
Gender	Male	34.33	0.977	81.44	0.837
	Female	34.21		82.15
Age, years	65–74	33.66	0.870	82.25	0.328
	75–84	32.08		80.23
	≥85	35.63		82.51
Household registration	Urban	28.88	<0.001	76.24	<0.001
	Rural	36.23		83.93
Living arrangement	With family member(s)	34.08	<0.001	81.64	<0.050
	Living alone	32.16		82.27
	In an institution	46.65		82.27
Limited in activities	Strongly limited	36.27	0.235	80.76	0.235
	Limited	37.68		83.59
	Not limited	32.53		81.41
Basic medical Insurance coverage	Yes	34.73	<0.001	82.42	<0.001
	No	31.42		76.86
Commercial medical insurance	Yes	44.86	<0.001	82.08	0.446
	No	34.28		81.7
Area	East	38.05	<0.001	81.31	<0.001
	Central	36.70		85.77
	West	27.73		83.61
	Northeast	16.77		62.74