Table 3 Prevalence of PIM among LTC beneficiaries and LTC non-beneficiaries

PIM use (person-based)

8097

83.6

8479

87.6

 < 0001

PIM use (prescription-based)

105,719/284,045

37.2

114,202/343,848

33.2

 < 0001

PIM prescriptions per person,mean (SD)

13.1

(13.4)

13.5

(14.1)

0.0537

Number of PIM prescriptions (person-based)

1–2

1246

15.39

1245

14.68

 < 0001

3–5

1254

15.49

1460

17.22

6–13

2763

34.12

2731

32.21

14–19

1251

15.45

1194

14.08

 ≥ 20

1583

19.55

1849

21.81