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Table 1 Total screened population: Intervention and comparison group baseline characteristics

From: The effect of a gerontology nurse specialist for high needs older people in the community on healthcare utilisation: a controlled before-after study

 

Comparison Group (n = 883)

Intervention Group (n = 517)

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

81.9 (5.0)

80.2 (5.1)

< 0.0001

Gender, n (%)

 Female

485 (54.9%)

301 (58.2%)

 

 Male

398 (45.1%)

216 (41.8%)

0.23

Ethnicity, n (%)

 European

773 (87.5%)

491 (95.0%)

 

 Asian

60 (6.8%)

3 (0.6%)

 

 Maori

7 (0.8%)

1 (0.2%)

 

 Pacific Island

3 (0.3%)

–

 

 Othera

40 (4.5%)

22 (4.3%)

< 0.0001

  1. aOther: not specified, don’t know