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Table 1 Patient health outcomes

From: Cost-effectiveness of a health-social partnership transitional program for post-discharge medical patients

   Study group (N = 272) Control group (N = 283) P-value
Patient readmission rate (N, %) 28 days 11, 4.0% 29, 10.2% 0.005a
  84 days 22, 8.1% 55, 19.4% <0.001a
Readmission LOS 28 days 2.7 (1.4, 4.1) 5.0 (2.6, 7.3) 0.456b
(Mean, 95% CI) 84 days 4.5 (2.6, 6.4) 6.0 (4.0, 8.0) 0.607b
Utility Baseline 0.723 (0.707, 0.739) 0.735 (0.719, 0.752) 0.308c
(Mean, 95% CI) 28 days 0.764 (0.748, 0.781) 0.727 (0.710, 0.744) <0.001c
  84 days 0.778 (0.762, 0.795) 0.751 (0.734, 0.768) 0.002c
  Within group comparison <0.001d 0.011 d  
QALY gain from baseline 28 days 0.0016 (0.0010, 0.0022) −0.0003 (−0.0009, 0.0003) <0.001b
(Mean, 95% CI) 84 days 0.0089 (0.0060, 0.0117) 0.0003 (−0.0024, 0.0030) <0.001b
  1. a Pearson's chi-squared test,
  2. b Mann–Whitney U-test,
  3. c ANCOVA test (28 days and 84 days adjusted by baseline),
  4. d Repeated measures ANOVA.
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