In addition to the covariates described previously, this overall model accounted for the covariates care level, 'care level*gender', 'care level*age' and 'care level*setting'.
In contrast, care level 1 or higher need some help for activities of daily living, and care level 3 or higher need totally care for ambulation or clothing.
Therefore, we assumed care level 1 or lower to be one group and planned to recruit the same numbers of subjects from care level 1 or lower and care level 2.
However, there were no differences in the prevalence of MNA ≤16 and BMI <18.5 kg/m between care level 2 and care level 1 or lower.
For a comprehensive comparison, we therefore further stratified both populations according to care level, using the care level assigned on 30 June as the classification criterion.
Those packages were for Australians with high-level care needs, while the latest will be those across all care levels.
Like the Wartburg, the Osborn offers a full range of care levels.
On average, 20.5% of participants fell into care levels 1 4, 59.0% into care levels 5 8, and 20.5% into care levels 9 12.
Next, the changes between care levels and care expenses between T0 and T1 were plotted.
