| Variable | No. (%) of patients* n = 36 195 | Mean no. of home care services per patient-year | Mean home care costs per patient-year,† $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Used home care services | 24 641 (68.1) | 27.5 | 2 180 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 16 413 (45.3) | 31.0 | 2 275 |
| Male | 19 782 (54.7) | 24.5 | 2 102 |
| Age, yr | |||
| Mean (95% CI) | 69.7 (69.5–69.8) | ||
| Median (IQR) | 71 (61–79) | ||
| Age group, yr | |||
| ≤ 45 | 1 239 (3.4) | 21.0 | 2 062 |
| 45–54 | 3 660 (10.1) | 21.5 | 2 047 |
| 55–64 | 7 425 (20.5) | 22.2 | 2 018 |
| 65–74 | 10 231 (28.3) | 23.7 | 2 041 |
| 75–84 | 9 924 (27.4) | 33.7 | 2 362 |
| ≥ 85 | 3 716 (10.3) | 51.7 | 2 932 |
| Living in rural location | |||
| No | 30 477 (84.2) | 27.4 | 2 174 |
| Yes | 5 693 (15.7) | 28.1 | 2 214 |
| Missing data | 25 (0.1) | 7.5 | 794 |
| Income group | |||
| Urban, lowest | 5 694 (15.7) | 31.8 | 2 465 |
| Urban, second lowest | 6 293 (17.4) | 27.8 | 2 241 |
| Urban, middle | 6 050 (16.7) | 28.1 | 2 196 |
| Urban, second highest | 6 203 (17.1) | 26.2 | 2 075 |
| Urban, highest | 6 200 (17.1) | 23.7 | 1 945 |
| Rural residents | 5 664 (15.6) | 28.2 | 2 220 |
| Missing data | 91 (0.3) | 13.1 | 1 271 |
| Region | |||
| A | 2 053 (5.7) | 33.5 | 2 569 |
| B | 3 078 (8.5) | 31.7 | 2 468 |
| C | 1 893 (5.2) | 27.5 | 2 173 |
| D | 4 551 (12.6) | 28.6 | 2 183 |
| E | 1 416 (3.9) | 24.8 | 2 102 |
| F | 2 396 (6.6) | 25.7 | 2 018 |
| G | 2 622 (7.2) | 28.5 | 2 325 |
| H | 4 121 (11.4) | 24.9 | 2 055 |
| I | 4 198 (11.6) | 27.8 | 2 239 |
| J | 1 803 (5.0) | 28.0 | 2 236 |
| K | 3 626 (10.0) | 26.4 | 2 088 |
| L | 1 427 (3.9) | 25.1 | 2 203 |
| M | 2 155 (6.0) | 23.4 | 1 752 |
| N | 831 (2.3) | 26.5 | 2 095 |
| Missing data | 25 (0.1) | 7.5 | 794 |
| Resource utilization band‡ | |||
| None | 343 (0.9) | 35.7 | 3 036 |
| Healthy user | 239 (0.7) | 24.7 | 2 309 |
| Low | 1 605 (4.4) | 22.1 | 2 059 |
| Moderate | 17 880 (49.4) | 22.9 | 1 950 |
| High | 9 215 (25.5) | 28.6 | 2 203 |
| Highest | 6 913 (19.1) | 41.4 | 2 855 |
| Cancer stage at diagnosis | |||
| I | 5 145 (14.2) | 15.5 | 1 170 |
| II | 7 095 (19.6) | 25.5 | 1 995 |
| III | 7 702 (21.3) | 32.5 | 2 727 |
| IV | 5 282 (14.6) | 62.5 | 5 541 |
| Not staged | 10 971 (30.3) | 22.6 | 1 630 |
Note: CI = confidence interval, IQR = interquartile range. *Unless stated otherwise. †In 2009 Canadian dollars. ‡Resource utilization bands categorize patients according to their morbidity and corresponding expected use of health care resources; the bands range from 0 (none) to 5 (highest expected health care costs). See Methods for details.