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Table 1 Description of study cohort according to 2007-Q1 (Ncohort = 117,942) and follow-up period 2007–2016

From: Associations between quality of care in informal provider networks and nursing home admissions in Germany: results of a retrospective cohort study using German health claims data

 

Without admission to nursing home (n = 82,402)

With admission to nursing home (n = 35,540)

Sex

  

 Male

29,990 (36.4%)

8 771 (24.7%)

 Female

52,412 (63.6%)

26,769 (75.3%)

Age

  

 Mean (SD)

81.1 (7.3)

83.0 (6.9)

 Median (Q1; Q3)

81.0 (76.0; 86.0)

84.0 (79.0; 87.0)

Nursing care level

  

 I

59,162 (71.8%)

28,047 (78.9%)

 II

19,406 (23.6%)

6569 (18.5%)

 III

3134 (3.8%)

588 (1.7%)

 None

700 (0.8%)

336 (0.9%)

Follow-up in quarters

  

 Mean (SD)

15.6 (12.8)

9.3 (8.6)

 Median (Q1; Q3)

12.0 (5.0; 24.0)

6.0 (3.0; 13.0)

  1. SD standard deviation, Q1 threshold value lower quartile, Q3 threshold value upper quartile