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Table 6 The association between home care rehabilitation therapy and healthcare utilization

From: The association between receipt of home care rehabilitation services and acute care hospital utilization in clients with multimorbidity following an acute care unit discharge: a retrospective cohort study

Hospital Readmission

 

3 Months

12 months

Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Other Home care services

Reference

   

Home care rehabilitation therapy only

0.73

0.68- 0.78

0.79

0.75-0.83

Home care rehabilitation therapy and other services

0.82

0.78- 0.87

0.86

0.83–0.89

Emergency Department Use

 

3 Months

12 months

Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Other Home care services

Reference

   

Home care rehabilitation therapy only

0.69

0.66 -0.73

0.79

0.76 -0.82

Home care rehabilitation therapy and other services

0.82

0.79 -0.86

0.84

0.82 -0.87

  1. • healthcare utilization as a count variable-negative binomial regression
  2. * adjusted for: age, sex, and number of chronic conditions