Table 3 Number of procedures (laboratory tests and imaging tests), number of infections, days of hospitalization and clinical outcome of patients in home care. Brazil, 2012–2016
From: Analyses of the effectiveness of a Brazilian pediatric home care service: a preliminary study
Variables | Modality of assistance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Home group (n = 36) | medium (máx/mín) | Hospital group (n = 13) | medium (máx/mín) | |
Number of Procedures | ||||
Total | 432 | 9 (56 / 1) | 228 | 12 (61 / 3) |
Laboratory | 367 | 7 (52 / 1) | 211 | 12 (60 / 2) |
Imaging | 65 | 1 (10 / 1) | 17 | 1 (5 / 1) |
No. of procedures / day | 0.014 | – | 0.09 | – |
No. of procedures / 30 days | 0.40 | – | 2.8 | – |
No. of procedures / 60 days | 0.80 | – | 5.6 | – |
Infections | ||||
Yes (n/%) | 17 /28.33 | – | 37 / 90.24 | – |
Total no. of infections per patient | 0.47 | – | 2.84 | – |
No. of infections per day | 0.0005 | – | 0.01 | – |
No. of infections for 30 days | 0.016 | – | 0.4 | – |
No. of infections for 60 days | 0.03 | – | 0.8 | – |
Total days in hospital | 31.922 | 656 | 2630 | 104.50 |
Outcome | ||||
Remains in hospital (n/%) | 21 / 58.33 | – | 13 / 100 | – |
Clinical discharge (n/%) | 5 / 13.89 | – | 0 / 0.00 | – |
Hospital death (n/%) | 9 / 25.00 | – | 0 / 0.00 | – |
Home death (n/%) | 2 / 5.56 | – | 0 / 0.00 | – |
Administrative discharge (n/%) | 1 / 2.78 | – | 0 / 0.00 | – |