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Table 1 Mortality and use of services (percentages) for all participants and for those who rated their health status as poor at the start of the study

From: Effects of home visits by home nurses to elderly people with health problems: design of a randomised clinical trial in the Netherlands [ISRCTN92017183]

Results of study by van Rossum et al[5]

Total population

Population with poor perceived health

4 home visits a year over 3 years in intervention group; no visits for the control group (usual care)

Intervention group

(n = 292)

Control group

(n = 288)

Intervention group

(n = 57)

Control group

(n = 53)

Mortality

41 (14%)

49 (17%)

14 (24%)

21 (40%)

Referrals to outpatient clinics

132 (55%)

166 (66%)

27 (61%)

38 (79%)

Hospital (re-) admissions

number of days

121 (41%)

3,838

133 (46%)

4,789

27 (47%)

1,134

39 (74%)

2,043

Admission to home for the elderly

20 (7%)

18 (6%)

12 (21%)

7 (13%)