Referral-based transition to subsequent rehabilitation at home after stroke: one-year outcomes and use of healthcare services

Table 4 Total outpatient care (n = 13,154 contacts), including visits with the neurorehabilitation team in relation to first and recurrent stroke, during the first year after stroke

	Pattern 1, n = 22		Pattern 2, n = 73		Pattern 3, n = 57		Pattern 4, n = 38		Total, n = 190
Total outpatient contacts	Visits/users	Median (IQR) Min-Max	Visits/users	Median (IQR) Min-Max	Visits/users	Median (IQR) Min-Max	Visits/users	Median (IQR) Min-Max	Visits/users	Median (IQR) Min-Max
Specialist care	204/22	8 (4–10) 1–51	535/72	7 (3–11) 0–19	743/54	9 (4–15) 0–74	395/37	6.5 (5–12) 0–48	1877/185	7 (4–11) 0–74
Emergency visits	7/4	0 (0–0) 0–3	14/8	0 (0–0) 0–6	32/14	0 (0–1) 0–6	14/6	0 (0–0) 0–6	67/32	0 (0–0) 0–6
Primary care	180/21	5 (3–10) 0–53	695/69	5 (2–13) 0–62	567/52	6 (2–12) 0–70	390/37	6 (4–13) 0–41	1832/179	5.5 (2–12) 0–70
Home care	800/3	0 (0–0) 0–720	1177/14	0 (0–0) 0–657	1508/30	1 (0–41) 0–331	2347/19	0.5 (0–35) 0–670	5832/66	0 (0–17) 0–720
Neurorehabilitation team	1/1	0 (0–0) 0–1	146/73	1 (1–2) 1–23	484/57	8 (5–12) 4–20	1348/38	27.5 (21–36) 10–130	1979/169	4 (1–12) 0–130
Other rehabilitation^b	69/10	0 (0–3) 0–27	400/40	1 (0–4) 0–70	354/44	2 (1–6) 0–66	419/29	3 (1–22) 0–39	1242/123	1 (0–6) 0–70
Other^a	21/6	0 (0–1) 0–7	109/30	0 (0–1) 0–11	121/29	1 (0–2) 0–27	74/13	0 (2–2) 0–32	325/78	0 (0–2) 0–32

IQR Interquartile range. ^aIncludes visits such as laboratory testing, radiology and mammography. ^bIncluded visits such as outpatient visits at primary care clinic not related to the neurorehabilitation team and specialized rehabilitation at a rehabilitation facility

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