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

Table 4 Dependency levels 1 year after first decision on social care (n = 415)

	Dependency level at 1 year
Dependency level at first decision	No^a	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Total	Dead^b	Censored^c
Mild (n = 218)	2 (0.9%)	138 (63%)	23 (11%)	29 (13%)	11 (5.0%)	10 (4.6%)	5 (2.3%)
Moderate (n = 66)	1 (1.5%)	9 (14%)	33 (50%)	17 (26%)	2 (3.0%)	3 (4.5%)	1 (1.5%)
Severe (n = 99)	1 (1.0%)	17 (17%)	10 (10%)	40 (40%)	12 (12%)	9 (9.1%)	10 (10%)
Total (n = 32)	0	1 (3.1%)	1 (3.1%)	4 (13%)	18 (56%)	6 (19%)	2 (6.3%)
In all (n = 415)	4	165	67	90	43	28	18

^a No dependency according to Table 1 after 1 year
^b Died during the first year
^c Among the home care recipients, there were 18 who had support of relatives and two with daily living support

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