Expansion or compression of long-term care in Germany between 2001 and 2009? A small-area decomposition study based on administrative health data

Daniel Kreft; Gabriele Doblhammer

doi:10.1186/s12963-016-0093-1

Population Health Metrics

Table 3 Level (measured by the county-level mean) and spatial dispersion (measured by interquartile range; IQR) of life expectancy total, with and without any care level and with and without severe care level and the health ratios, men and women at age 65+, 2001–2009

From: Expansion or compression of long-term care in Germany between 2001 and 2009? A small-area decomposition study based on administrative health data

		Men					Women
		2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009
LE	Mean	15.97	16.47	16.75	17.21	17.43	19.26	19.60	19.98	20.40	20.55
	Mean	[15.90–16.03]	[16.40–16.54]	[16.68–16.82]	[17.14–17.28]	[17.36–17.51]	[19.20–19.32]	[19.54–19.65]	[19.92–20.03]	[20.35–20.45]	[20.50–20.61]
	IQR	0.898	0.906	0.960	0.993	1.014	0.900	0.858	0.815	0.796	0.808
CFLE_any	Mean	14.39	14.85	15.03	15.39	15.60	16.22	16.53	16.76	17.03	17.17
	Mean	[14.32–14.46]	[14.78–14.93]	[14.95–15.10]	[15.31–15.47]	[15.51–15.69]	[16.14–16.29]	[16.45–16.60]	[16.68–16.84]	[16.95–17.11]	[17.09–17.26]
	IQR	1.053	1.144	1.068	1.149	1.157	1.049	1.046	1.107	1.193	1.231
CLY_any	Mean	1.58	1.62	1.72	1.82	1.83	3.05	3.07	3.22	3.37	3.38
	Mean	[1.56–1.60]	[1.59–1.64]	[1.70–1.74]	[1.79–1.85]	[1.81–1.86]	[3.01–3.08]	[3.03–3.11]	[3.18–3.26]	[3.32–3.42]	[3.33–3.44]
	IQR	0.293	0.312	0.355	0.375	0.373	0.520	0.552	0.569	0.657	0.750
HR_any	Mean	90.08	90.16	89.70	89.40	89.43	84.17	84.32	83.86	83.45	83.51
	Mean	[89.93–90.22]	[90.01–90.31]	[89.54–89.86]	[89.22–89.58]	[89.25–89.62]	[83.95–84.38]	[84.10–84.54]	[83.63–84.09]	[83.19–83.71]	[83.24–83.79]
	IQR	1.880	1.940	2.327	2.529	2.462	3.076	2.959	3.133	3.466	3.849
CFLE_severe	Mean	15.14	15.65	15.89	16.32	16.58	17.67	18.03	18.35	18.75	18.97
	Mean	[15.08–15.21]	[15.59–15.72]	[15.82–15.96]	[16.25–16.40]	[16.50–16.65]	[17.60–17.73]	[17.97–18.09]	[18.28–18.41]	[18.69–18.81]	[18.90–19.03]
	IQR	0.956	1.055	1.043	1.081	1.082	0.968	0.931	0.909	0.914	0.907
CLY_severe	Mean	0.82	0.82	0.86	0.88	0.86	1.59	1.57	1.63	1.65	1.59
	Mean	[0.81–0.84]	[0.80–0.83]	[0.87–0.87]	[0.87–0.90]	[0.87–0.87]	[1.57–1.62]	[1.55–1.59]	[1.61–1.66]	[1.62–1.68]	[1.56–1.62]
	IQR	0.200	0.196	0.210	0.220	0.193	0.279	0.311	0.344	0.345	0.336
HR_severe	Mean	94.84	95.04	94.86	94.84	95.06	91.72	91.98	91.81	91.89	92.26
	Mean	[94.75–94.92]	[94.95–95.13]	[94.76–94.96]	[94.74–94.95]	[94.97–95.16]	[91.60–91.85]	[91.86–92.11]	[91.68–91.94]	[91.75–92.03]	[92.13–92.39]
	IQR	1.210	1.247	1.394	1.453	1.208	1.606	1.668	1.747	1.850	1.789

Source: Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Statutory Long-Term Care Censuses 2001–2009 & Regional database (2013); author’s calculation

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