Time | Variable | PaTH (N = 163) | Control (N = 141) | Odds ratioa (95%CI) | P-value |
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During 30 days | Readmissions n (%) | 27 (16.6%) | 25 (17.7%) | 0.8 (0.4–1.7) | 0.65 |
At 6 months | No care, n (%) | 33 (20.2%) | 22 (15.6%) | 1.6 (0.8–3.2) | 0.17 |
Home care, n (%) | 103 (63.2%) | 90 (63.8%) | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 0.62 | |
Permanent nursing home stay, n (%) | 6 (3.7%) | 7 (5.0%) | 0.4 (0.1–1.4) | 0.10 | |
Dead, n (%) | 21 (12.9%) | 22 (15.6%) | 0.7 (0.4–1.5) | 0.38 | |
At 12 months | No care, n (%) | 30 (18.4%) | 24 (17.0%) | 1.0 (0.5–1.9) | 0.95 |
Home care, n (%) | 86 (52.8%) | 78 (55.3%) | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 0.60 | |
Permanent nursing home stay, n (%) | 13 (8.0%) | 12 (8.5%) | 0.7 (0.3–1.7) | 0.47 | |
Dead, n (%) | 34 (20.9%) | 27 (19.1%) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 0.40 | |
During 12 months | Hospital admissions (n) / patients (n) | 244 (106) | 230 (96) | 1.0 (0.2–1.3) | 0.77 |
Days in hospital, mean (SD) | 10.3 (15.0) | 11.0 (15.7) | 0.8 (0. 5–1.4) | 0.43 | |
Nursing home admissions (n)b / patients (n) | 175 (94) | 147 (85) | 0.9 (0.7–1.3) | 0.62 | |
Days in nursing homes, mean (SD) | 41.4 (76.8) | 45.9 (76.9) | 0.7 (0.2–2.2) | 0.55 | |
Days at home, mean (SD) | 267.5 (123.7) | 260.9 (127.6) | 1.8 (0.9–3.4) | 0.08 | |
GP encounters, mean (SD)c | 5.1 (5.0) | 4.4 (4.47) | 1.4 (1.0–1.8) | 0.04 |