Cost Effectiveness of a Home-Based Intervention That Helps Functionally Vulnerable Older Adults Age in Place at Home

Table 1

Background characteristics.

Characteristic	Control; (n =159)	Experimental; (n = 160)	Total; (N = 319)	P
Mean Age (SD)	78.5 (5.7)	79.5 (6.1)	79.0 (5.9)	.158
Race (%)				.387
White	52.2	53.1	52.7
African	45.9	45.0	45.5
American
Hispanic	0.0	1.3	0.6
Other	1.9	0.6	1.2
Gender (%)				.751
Male	18.9	17.5	18.2
Female	81.1	82.5	81.8
Living arrangement (%)				.462
Alone	59.7	63.8	61.8
With others	40.3	36.3	38.2
Education (%)				.916
< High school	37.7	35.6	36.7
High school	30.2	31.9	31.0
> High school	32.1	32.5	32.3
Mean number of health conditions (SD)	7.1 (2.8)	6.7 (2.7)	6.9 (2.7)	.295
MMSE	27.0 (1.8)	26.8 (1.8)	26.9 (1.8)	.346

MMSE: Mini-mental status examination.