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Table 4 Variation in service use, including financial support, as a result of official dependency assessments or other sources, obtained from logistic models

From: Disability, support and long-term social care of an elderly Spanish population, 2008-2009: an epidemiologic analysis

Service or service-linked resource used

Dependency not assesseda

-Users

-Non-users

Dependency assessed

-Users

-Non-users

No. of records in modelsa

WHODAS-36 per point

DD I ref. unassessed

DD II ref. unassessed

DD-III ref. unassessed

Etiologic fraction with 95% CI

Contact with Social Care Office

57

498

14

53

619

1.03 (1.01–1.04)

0.72 (0.08–6.31)

5.80 (1.92–17.52)

0.76 (0.23–2.51)

5.77 (-11.92–18.39)

Official dependency assessment

7 (without DD)

551

67

625

1.08 (1.06–1.09)

-

-

-

-

Residential living

34

524

23

44

622

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

1.90 (0.22–16.54)

8.60 (2.63–28.07)

12.13 (3.86–38.16)

36.19 (20.35–50.97)

Residential living with PFS (declared)

13

544

13

54

612

0.99 (0.96–1.01)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

12.15 (2.56–57.77)

25.50 (5.35–121.61)

47.49 (26.50–68.75)

Residential living supported by 2006 Act (registered)b

0

595

13

17

521

0.96 (-0.91–1.02)

-

-

-

-

Residential living with PFS (declared or under 2006 Act)b

16

579

13

17

621

0.99 (-0.96–1.02)

-

-

41.18 (8.40–201.84)

39.40 (20.33–58.13)

Home help for domestic tasks (declared)

58

466

8

36

567

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

1.51 (0.17–13.81)

1.42 (0.25–8.02)

1.25 (0.31–5.05)

3.2 (-10.62–14.15)

Home help for personal care (declared)

15

509

8

37

567

1.03 (1.00–1.05)

3.19 (0.32–32.14)

9.62 (1.91–48.50)

2.07 (0.36–11.96)

24.11 (-15.74–49.48)

Home help for personal care or domestic tasks with PFS (declared)

33

491

7

37

567

1.03 (1.00–1.05)

2.58 (0.25–26.40)

2.23 (0.35–14.27)

0.85 (0.16–4.41)

3.52 (-35.4–20.97)

Available non-professional carer (declared)

86

438

36

71

567

1.04 (1.02–1.06)

4.47 (0.93–21.50)

7.50 (1.59–35.32)

10.99 (1.28–94.53)

19.4 (2.31–33.73)

Non-professional carer with PFS (declared)

2

522

15

28

471

1.05 (1.01–1.09)

-

36.57 (4.74–281.96)

26.30 (3.36–205.88)

83.16 (-0.61–94.97)

Professional carer (declared)

41

483

9

34

558

1.02 (1.00–1.04)

-

2.56 (0.58–11.31)

0.97 (0.26–3.61)

2.66 (-36.1–21.21)

Carer (declared)

115

409

37

6

567

1.04 (1.03–1.06)

2.81 (0.58–13.57)

8.47 (1.55–46.16)

6.35 (0.75–54.05)

12.96 (-0.57–26.15)

Carer with PFS (declared)

22

502

20

23

558

1.04 (1.02–1.06)

1.67 (0.16–16.95)

7.83 (1.58–38.77)

6.41 (1.73–23.70)

39.85 (18.00–59.13)

Carer supported under 2006 Actb

0

524

16 c

27

567

1.05 (1.02–1.07)

-

-

-

-

Carer with PFS (declared or supported under 2006 Act)b

22

502

34

1

567

2.13 (-1.15–3.93)

-

-

1.13 (-1.06–1.20)

4.06 (0.71–8.16)

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, WHODAS-36 score, living alone, municipality size, OR and 95%CI. Dependency degree (DD). Publicly-funded support (PFS)
  2. aIncluding number of assessed individuals without assigned DD
  3. bCalculated using individual support service plan (ISSP) date of effective benefit
  4. Additionally, eight of 522 persons used day-care centers and 139 of 544 persons had household adaptation