Transitions between levels of dependency among older people receiving social care – a retrospective longitudinal cohort study in a Swedish municipality

Table 3 Dependency levels for first and second decision on social care (n = 354)

	Dependency level at second decision
Dependency level at first decision	No^a	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Total	Dead^b	Censored^c	In all^d
Mild	3 (1.7%)	64 (37%)	36 (21%)	37 (22%)	13 (7.6%)	13 (7.6%)	6 (3.5%)	172
Moderate	0	8 (13%)	28 (45%)	17 (27%)	6 (9.7%)	2 (3.2%)	1 (1.6%)	62
Severe	2 (2.1%)	12 (13%)	16 (17%)	46 (48%)	8 (8.4%)	3 (3.2%)	8 (8.4%)	95
Total	0	2 (8.0%)	0	6 (24%)	11 (44%)	4 (16%)	2 (8.0%)	25
In all	5	86	80	106	38	22	17	354

^a No dependency according to Table 1 in the second decision of support
^b No second decision of support, dying during the follow-up period
^c Among the home care recipients, there were 17 who had support of relatives and 3 with daily living support
^d There were 61 home care recipients with only one decision of support at the end of the follow-up period

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