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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%	0.005^a
	84 days	22, 8.1%	55, 19.4%	<0.001^a
Readmission LOS	28 days	2.7 (1.4, 4.1)	5.0 (2.6, 7.3)	0.456^b
(Mean, 95% CI)	84 days	4.5 (2.6, 6.4)	6.0 (4.0, 8.0)	0.607^b
Utility	Baseline	0.723 (0.707, 0.739)	0.735 (0.719, 0.752)	0.308^c
(Mean, 95% CI)	28 days	0.764 (0.748, 0.781)	0.727 (0.710, 0.744)	<0.001^c
	84 days	0.778 (0.762, 0.795)	0.751 (0.734, 0.768)	0.002^c
	Within group comparison	<0.001^d	0.011 ^d
QALY gain from baseline	28 days	0.0016 (0.0010, 0.0022)	−0.0003 (−0.0009, 0.0003)	<0.001^b
(Mean, 95% CI)	84 days	0.0089 (0.0060, 0.0117)	0.0003 (−0.0024, 0.0030)	<0.001^b

^a Pearson's chi-squared test,
^b Mann–Whitney U-test,
^c ANCOVA test (28 days and 84 days adjusted by baseline),
^d Repeated measures ANOVA.

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