Health-Related Effects of the Elderly Care Program

Table 1

Characteristics of participants and beneficiaries of the elderly care by the elderly program.

Classification	Participating elderly (’07–’13)	Recipient elderly (’13)
	108,803	33,932
Gender (%)
Male	16.92	18.12
Female	83.08	81.88
Age group (%)
65–69 years	37.94	6.00
70–79 years	56.90	43.58
80–89 years	5.10	43.79
≥90 years	0.06	6.63
Type of household (%)
Living alone	42.86	83.30
Elderly couple	29.32	4.66
Elderly couple with children	1.12	0.00
Family living together (no financial means)	6.28	2.18
Family living together (have financial means)	17.57	1.72
Others	3.84	3.03
Number of chronic diseases