Lower Care-needs level Group1 (n = 1,067) | Higher Care-needs level Group2 (n = 209) | χ 2 | p-value | |||
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n | % | n | % | |||
Sex | ||||||
Female | 830 | 88.7 | 106 | 11.3 | 65.5268 | < .0001** |
Male | 237 | 69.7 | 103 | 30.3 | ||
Age | ||||||
< 75 | 143 | 69.8 | 62 | 30.2 | 34.2783 | < .0001** |
75≦ | 924 | 86.3 | 147 | 13.7 | ||
Income Level | ||||||
Lower income level3 | 1020 | 84.3 | 190 | 15.7 | 3.1929 | 0.0740 |
Higher income level4 | 39 | 75.0 | 13 | 25.0 | ||
Conditions that caused a need for LTC | ||||||
Respiratory or heart disease | 60 | 83.3 | 12 | 16.7 | 0.0038 | 0.9505 |
Others | 1000 | 83.6 | 196 | 16.4 | ||
Regular hospital visits before entry into the LTCI | ||||||
Yes | 429 | 77.6 | 124 | 22.4 | 26.0288 | < .0001** |
No | 638 | 88.2 | 85 | 11.8 | ||
Period of needing care | ||||||
< 2 years | 481 | 88.1 | 65 | 11.9 | 14.0790 | 0.0002** |
2 years≦ | 571 | 80.2 | 141 | 19.8 | ||
Caregiver’s sex | ||||||
Female | 420 | 71.6 | 167 | 28.4 | 15.7563 | < .0001** |
Male | 192 | 85.0 | 34 | 15.0 | ||
Caregiver/applicant dyad | ||||||
Wife/Husband (living with) | 205 | 67.4 | 99 | 32.6 | 74.8750 | < .0001** |
Others | 829 | 88.7 | 106 | 11.3 | ||
Clients living with family or not | ||||||
Living alone | 517 | 95.9 | 22 | 4.1 | 105.0940 | < .0001** |
Living with family | 537 | 74.3 | 186 | 25.7 | ||
Corporation type of care management agency | ||||||
Medical | 282 | 79.0 | 75 | 21.0 | 7.7551 | 0.0054** |
Non-medical | 785 | 85.4 | 134 | 14.6 | ||
VNS use | ||||||
Yes | 60 | 56.6 | 46 | 43.4 | 61.6074 | < .0001** |
No | 1007 | 86.1 | 163 | 13.9 | ||
Home-Help Service use | ||||||
Yes | 344 | 82.5 | 73 | 17.5 | 0.5741 | 0.4486 |
No | 723 | 84.2 | 136 | 15.8 |