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Table 1 Patient and provider characteristics of Parkinson’s disease patients with dementia

From: Prevalence and patterns of the concurrent use of anticholinergics for the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Parkinson’s disease patients with dementia: a cross-sectional study using Korea National Health Insurance claims data

Characteristics

No. of patients (%)

Patient characteristics

 Age, years of age

  65–69

825 (9.33)

  70–74

1,552 (17.55)

   ≥ 75

6,468 (73.13)

 Sex

  Male

3,184 (36.00)

  Female

5,661 (64.00)

 National Health Security program enrolled

  National Health Insurance

7,668 (86.69)

  Medical Aid

1,172 (13.25)

  Veterans Administration

5 (0.06)

Healthcare provider characteristics

 Type of healthcare organization that the healthcare provider worked at

  Tertiary-care hospitals

1,483 (16.77)

  General hospitals

2,400 (27.13)

  Hospitals

921 (10.41)

  Long-term care facilities

2,517 (28.46)

  Clinics

1,479 (16.72)

  Others a

45 (0.51)

 Medical specialty of the healthcare provider

  Neurology

3,659 (41.37)

  Internal medicine

1,363 (15.41)

  Psychiatry

1,270 (14.36)

  Family medicine

734 (8.30)

  Rehabilitation medicine

480 (5.43)

  Neurosurgery

425 (4.80)

  Surgery

385 (4.35)

  Orthopedics

166 (1.88)

  Others a

363 (4.10)

 Location of healthcare organization that the healthcare provider worked at

  Seoul (Capital city)

1,640 (18.54)

  Busan

716 (8.09)

  Incheon

365 (4.13)

  Daegu

496 (5.61)

  Gwangju

321 (3.63)

  Daejeon

374 (4.23)

  Ulsan

141 (1.59)

  Gyeonggi

1,630 (18.43)

  Gangwon

278 (3.14)

  Chungcheong/Sejong

601 (6.79)

  Jeonla/Jeju

1,171 (13.24)

  Gyeongsang

1,112 (12.57)

  1. n = 8,845 Parkinson’s disease patients with dementia
  2. a Type of healthcare organization and medical specialty of the healthcare provider, of which the proportion is < 1%, are classified as ‘Others.’