Table 2 Comparison of the ICHM-group with the CM-group. Comparison of the ICHM-groupa with the CM-groupa on use of health care services and functional status during 1 year after hospitalization for patients aged 60 years and older. (CM: 119 patients. ICHM: 209 patients)d
Variable | Municipality | Crude mean (SD) | Adj. mean (95 % CI) | Adj. mean diff. (95 % CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use of hospital care | |||||
Mean number of hospital admissions during 3 months | CM | 1.55 (1.01) | 1.52 (1.34 to 1.70) | −0.09 ( −0.31 to 0.14) | 0.446 |
ICHM | 1.58 (1.04) | 1.61 (1.47 to 1.74) | |||
Mean number of hospital admissions during 1 year | CM | 2.25 (2.06) | 2.18 (1.79 to 2.56) | −0.41 ( −0.89 to 0.07) | 0.092 |
ICHM | 2.54 (2.26) | 2.59 (2.30 to 2.87) | |||
- Acute admissions during 3 months | CM | 0.40 (0.87) | 0.38 (0.23 to 0.52) | −0.06 ( −0.25 to 0.12) | 0.481 |
ICHM | 0.43 (0.80) | 0.44 (0.33 to 0.55) | |||
- Acute admissions during 1 year | CM | 0.92 (1.97) | 0.86 (0.52 to 1.19) | −0.37 ( −0.80 to 0.05) | 0.085 |
ICHM | 1.19 (1.92) | 1.23 (0.98 to 1.48) | |||
Proportion of patients with readmissions within 30 days | CM | 0.15 (0.36) | 0.14 (0.08 to 0.20) | −0.01 ( −0.09 to 0.08) | 0.901 |
ICHM | 0.14 (0.35) | 0.15 (0.10 to 0.19) | |||
Mean number of readmission incidents (within 30 days) during 1 year | CM | 0.44 (1.42) | 0.39 (0.15 to 0.63) | −0.20 ( −0.50 to 0.10) | 0.195 |
ICHM | 0.56 (1.29) | 0.59 (0.41 to 0.77) | |||
Mean number of hospital days during 3 months | CM | 12.67 (11.93) | 12.58 (10.83 to 14.33) | 3.81 (1.61 to 6.01) | 0.001 |
ICHM | 8.67 (8.82) | 8.77 (7.46 to 10.08) | |||
Mean number of hospital days during 1 year | CM | 18.07 (23.85) | 17.67 (14.41 to 20.94) | 4.19 (0.08 to 8.31) | 0.046 |
ICHM | 13.15 (14.82) | 13.48 (11.03 to 15.93) | |||
Mean length of hospital stay during 1 year (days) | CM | 7.71 (5.88) | 7.74 (6.88 to 8.60) | 2.39 (1.31 to 3.47) | <0.001 |
ICHM | 5.35 (4.31) | 5.36 (4.71 to 6.00) | |||
Total care days | |||||
Mean number of total days with institutional care during 1 yearb | CM | 32.40 (44.05) | 32.57 (25.05 to 40.08) | 1.99 ( −7.46 to 11.45) | 0.679 |
ICHM | 30.41 (42.24) | 30.57 (24.94 to 36.21) | |||
Use of primary health care | |||||
Mean number of hour-based primary health care service during 3 months | CM | 25.72 (56.60) | 26.38 (17.13 to 35.63) | 2.49 ( −9.16 to 14.13) | 0.675 |
ICHM | 24.03 (57.95) | 23.89 (16.95 to 30.83) | |||
Mean number of hour-based primary health care service during 1 year | CM | 87.36 (175.89) | 88.05 (56.28 to 119.82) | −0.76 ( −40.75 to 39.23) | 0.970 |
ICHM | 88.36 (220.09) | 88.81 (64.98 to 112.64) | |||
Mean number of days in institutional primary health care during 3 months | CM | 6.27 (18.41) | 6.80 (4.49 to 9.12) | 0.51 ( −2.41 to 3.42) | 0.732 |
ICHM | 6.54 (10.13) | 6.29 (4.56 to 8.03) | |||
Mean number of days in institutional primary health care during 1 year | CM | 11.49 (33.04) | 12.19 (6.23 to 18.15) | −1.77 ( −9.27 to 5.73) | 0.643 |
ICHM | 14.24 (34.37) | 13.96 (9.49 to 18.43) | |||
- Mean number of days in nursing home (long-term) | CM | 1.80 (13.15) | 1.90 ( −1.65 to 5.45) | −1.10 ( −5.57 to 3.37) | 0.627 |
ICHM | 3.03 (22.07) | 3.00 (0.34 to 5.66) | |||
- Mean number of days in ICH | CM | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.15 ( −1.55 to 1.85) | −8.53 ( −10.67 to −6.39) | <0.001 |
ICHM | 8.72 (12.07) | 8.68 (7.41 to 9.96) | |||
ADLc | |||||
Mean functional status at 3 months | CM | 1.51 (0.52) | 1.53 (1.46 to 1.60) | −0.01 ( −0.11 to 0.08) | 0.762 |
ICHM | 1.55 (0.48) | 1.54 (1.49 to 1.60) | |||
Mean functional status at 6 months | CM | 1.52 (0.56) | 1.53 (1.45 to 1.61) | 0.00 ( −0.11 to 0.10) | 0.945 |
ICHM | 1.54 (0.49) | 1.53 (1.47 to 1.59) |