Table 2 Characteristics of homebound patients by region
Characteristics | Regions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Rural < 5000 | Semi-rural 5000 – 10,000 | Semi-urban 10,000 – 50,000 | Urban > 50,000 | |
N | 3673 | 1119 | 643 | 1123 | 788 |
Gendere | |||||
 Female | 66.8%f | 65.7%a | 68%a | 66.8%a | 67.4%a |
 Male | 31.9% | 33.6%a | 31.6%a | 32.2%a | 29.4%a |
Ageg | |||||
 Mean (± SD) | 82.3 (± 11.2) | 82.6 (± 11.7) | 82.2 (± 10.8) | 81.6 (± 11.6) | 82.7 (± 10.3) |
 95% CI | 81.9–82.6 | 81.9–83.3 | 81.4–83.1 | 80.9–82.3 | 82–83.5 |
 Min – Max | 2–104 | 2–104 | 5–102 | 27–102 | 24–101 |
Chronic diseasesh | |||||
 Mean (± SD) | 6.4 (± 3.9) | 7*** (± 4) | 6.7*** (± 4.1) | 6** (± 3.7) | 5.8 (± 4) |
 95% CI | 6.3–6.5 | 6.8–7.2 | 6.4–7 | 5.8–6.2 | 5.6–6.1 |
 Min – Max | 1–36 | 1–29 | 1–31 | 1–35 | 1–36 |
Housing situatione | |||||
 Private homesi | 56% | 66.4%a | 61.6%b | 52.8%c | 41.4%d |
 Long-term care institutions | 41.4% | 30.7%a | 37.5%b | 45.2%c | 54.4%d |
Type of home visite | |||||
 Planned | 69.1% | 68.6%a | 66.4%a | 66.3%a | 75.9%b |
 Requested | 30% | 30.7% | 33.4%a | 33.2%a | 21.6%b |