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Table 7 Number of visits per day for Zaitaku Care (times/day)

From: Cost of physician-led home visit care (Zaitaku care) compared with hospital care at the end of life in Japan

 

Zaitaku care

Characteristics

Short-term care

(≦10 days)

Medium-term care

(11-29 days)

Long-term care

(≧30 days)

p-value

Number of visits /day

1.48 (n = 9)

0.50 (n = 7)

0.27 (n = 17)

p < 0.0001*

  1. *p-value was calculated using analysis of the the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test