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Table 2 Pre- and Post-enrollment acute hospital utilization, length of stay and specialist outpatient clinic visits at 3 and 6 month

From: Effectiveness of a transitional home care program in reducing acute hospital utilization: a quasi-experimental study

 

Pre-enrollment

Post-enrollment

Difference (pre - post)a

P valueb

Admissions

    

 3-months from intervention

407

197

210

<0.001

 6-months from intervention

617

291

326

<0.001

Emergency department attendances

    

 3-months from intervention

410

217

193

<0.001

 6-months from intervention

625

324

301

<0.001

Length of stay (days)

    

 3-months from intervention

5611

2490

3121

<0.001

 6-months from intervention

9463

3676

5187

<0.001

Specialist outpatient clinic visits

    

 3-months from intervention

312

421

−109

0.004

 6-months from intervention

617

673

−56

0.869

  1. a-ve: post higher utilization.
  2. bWilcoxon sign rank test.