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Table 3 The associations of medical and long-term care expenditures with the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) scoresa using generalized linear regressions (n = 29,915)

From: The associations of multimorbidity with the sum of annual medical and long-term care expenditures in Japan

 

The sum of medical and long-term care expenditures

Medical expenditures

Long-term care expenditures

Coefficient

P value

95% CI

Coefficient

P value

95% CI

Coefficient

P value

95% CI

Total (n = 29,915)

 CCI scoresa

25.7 ($2920)

< 0.001

24.2, 27.1 ($2750, 3080)

15.7

($1780)

< 0.001

14.7, 16.6 ($1670,1890)

12.0 ($1360)

< 0.001

10.5, 13.5 ($1200,1530)

Care not required (n = 22,657)

 CCI scoresa

13.8 ($1570)

< 0.001

12.8, 14.9 ($1460,1690)

13.8

($1570)

< 0.001

12.8, 14.9 ($1460, 1690)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Support Level 1 (n = 586)

 CCI scoresa

9.3 ($1060)

< 0.001

4.7, 13.9 ($540, 1570)

9.3 ($1050)

< 0.001

4.6, 13.9 ($530,1580)

−0.3 (−$40)

0.520

−1.3, 0.6

(−$140,70)

Support Level 2 (n = 787)

 CCI scoresa

5.6 ($640)

0.008

1.5, 9.8 ($170, 1110)

6.3 ($720)

0.002

2.4, 10.3 ($270,1170)

−1.3 (−$140)

0.096

−2.8, 0.2 (−$320,30)

Care Level 1 (n = 1574)

 CCI scoresa

6.0 ($680)

0.003

2.1, 9.9 ($240, 1120)

5.7 ($650)

0.001

2.4, 9.0 ($270,1030)

0.5 ($60)

0.654

−1.8, 2.9 (−$200,330)

Care Level 2 (n = 1558)

 CCI scoresa

10.3 ($1180)

< 0.001

5.7, 15.0 ($650, 1700)

9.9 ($1120)

< 0.001

5.5, 14.3 ($630,1620)

0.4 ($50)

0.792

−2.5, 3.3 (−$290,370)

Care Level 3 (n = 1143)

 CCI scoresa

14.7 ($1680)

< 0.001

9.3, 20.1 ($1060, 2290)

13.3 ($1520)

< 0.001

8.0, 18.6 ($910,2120)

0.8 ($90)

0.685

−3.2, 4.8 (−$360,550)

Care Level 4 (n = 918)

 CCI scoresa

14.6 ($1650)

< 0.001

8.3, 20.8 ($940,2370)

16.3 ($1850)

< 0.001

9.3, 23.3 ($1050,2650)

−1.6 (−$190)

0.490

−6.3, 3.0 (−$720, 340)

Care Level 5 (n = 819)

 CCI scoresa

18.9 ($2140)

< 0.001

13.1, 24.6 ($1490,2800)

18.1 ($2060)

< 0.001

10.9, 25.3 ($1240,2870)

1.6 ($180)

0.520

−3.2, 6.3 (−$360,720)

  1. CI Confidence Interval
  2. aThe 2011 updated and reweighted version (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ≥ 5)
  3. ¥88 was equivalent to $1. The results are presented in units of 10,000 yen (US$)
  4. The tables show the total and the stratification by the level of long-term care required