From: Regional variation in long-term care spending in Japan
Mean | Sd | Min | Max | CV | Max/Min | |
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Demand | ||||||
Demography | ||||||
Age groups | ||||||
65–84 years (%) | 81.6 | 4.0 | 69.6 | 90.9 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
85 years or older (%) | 18.4 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 30.4 | 21.6 | 3.4 |
Sex | ||||||
Female (%) | 51.3 | 1.3 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 |
Proxy of Health status | ||||||
Care level certification rate (%) | 18.2 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 27.8 | 15.1 | 2.6 |
Severe care level (%) | 6.8 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 3.0 |
Per-capita medical cost (kJPY) | 584.9 | 84.0 | 256.6 | 901.0 | 14.4 | 3.5 |
Per-capita inpatient cost (kJPY) | 282.8 | 66.7 | 125.1 | 614.6 | 23.6 | 4.9 |
Per-capita outpatient cost (kJPY) | 276.0 | 29.1 | 115.8 | 385.6 | 10.5 | 3.3 |
Mortality (per 1000 people) | 14.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 40.2 | 31.2 | 11.8 |
Supply | ||||||
LTC provision rate among LTC beneficiaries (%) | 86.6 | 7.8 | 56.7 | 133.9 | 9.0 | 2.4 |
Number of LTC facility beds per 1000 LTC beneficiaries | 177.9 | 115.0 | 0 | 1797.8 | - | 64.6 |
Number of LTC facility employees per LTC beneficiaries | 114.3 | 73.1 | 0 | 1217.8 | - | 64.0 |
Structural factors | ||||||
Financial capacity index | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 52.7 | 21.8 |
Unemployment rate (%) | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 10.5 | 28.6 | 13.8 |