Longitudinal Changes in the Government-Certified Index Stage and Requisite Costs for Long-Term Care Insurance System among the Community-Dwelling Demented Elderly in Japan

Table 3

Average payments for each GCI stage for both AD and VaD groups per month.

	AD (𝑁=105)	VaD (𝑁=45)	𝑃 value
GCI 1	7.2±27.4	16.7±48.3	0.129
GCI 2	34.3±64.4	43.4±69.6	0.436
GCI 3	67.1±83.6	67.6±91.7	0.969
GCI 4	103.7±105.7	121.2±124.2	0.379
GCI 5	94.7±118.5	140.8±113.6	0.037
Total	113.4±76.8	141.1±97.9	0.047

(thousand JPY/month).
AD: Alzheimer’s disease; VaD: vascular dementia.
Mean duration of both patient groups for each GCI stage was summarized in Figure 2.