Research Article
Health-Related Effects of the Elderly Care Program
Table 1
Characteristics of participants and beneficiaries of the elderly care by the elderly program.
| Classification | Participating elderly (’07–’13) | Recipient elderly (’13) |
| | 108,803 | 33,932 | Gender (%) | | | Male | 16.92 | 18.12 | Female | 83.08 | 81.88 | Age group (%) | | | 65–69 years | 37.94 | 6.00 | 70–79 years | 56.90 | 43.58 | 80–89 years | 5.10 | 43.79 | ≥90 years | 0.06 | 6.63 | Type of household (%) | | | Living alone | 42.86 | 83.30 | Elderly couple | 29.32 | 4.66 | Elderly couple with children | 1.12 | 0.00 | Family living together (no financial means) | 6.28 | 2.18 | Family living together (have financial means) | 17.57 | 1.72 | Others | 3.84 | 3.03 | Number of chronic diseases | | |
|
|