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Table 1 Number and demographic characteristics of intervention recipients and controls

From: Effectiveness of a targeted telephone-based case management service on activity in an Emergency Department in the UK: a pragmatic difference-in-differences evaluation

Characteristics

Intervention

 

Controls

 

Total

recipients

Intention-to-Treat

As-Treated

Non-compliant

N

128

680

639

41

808

Female: n(%)

81 (63.3)

377 (55.4)

357 (55.9)

20 (48.8)

458 (56.7)

Age: mean (sd) median [min, max]

69 (15) 71 [20,94]

76 (15) 79 [20,96]

76 (15) 79 [20,96]

74 (13) 77 [35,91]

75 (15) 78 [20,96]

Deprivation quintiles (IMD): n (%)

1—most

45 (35.2)

253 (37.2)

243 (38.0)

10 (24.4)

298 (36.9)

2

14 (10.9)

55 (8.1)

46 (7.2)

9 (22.0)

69 (8.5)

3

37 (28.9)

220 (32.4)

204 (31.9)

16 (39.0)

257 (31.8)

4

22 (17.2)

81 (11.9)

80 (12.5)

1 (2.4)

103 (12.7)

5—least

10 (7.8)

71 (10.4)

66 (10.3)

5 (12.2)

81 (10.0)

Deaths: n (%)

8 (6.3)

57 (8.4)

56 (8.8)

1 (2.4)

65 (8.0)

  1. Key: IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation, sd Standard deviation