Table 2 Comparison of patients’ clinical characteristics and the outcomes of the intervention between HaH and controls
Matched HaH | Matched control | Effect size (CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 24,802 | n = 24,802 | ||
Demographics & baseline use of resources | |||
Age, mean (sd) | 73.15 (16.31) | 72.73 (16.29) | -0.03 [-0.04, -0.01] |
Gender; n (%) | |||
Male | 11,644 (46.95) | 11,984 (48.32) | 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] |
Female | 13,158 (53.05) | 12,818 (51.68) | |
AMG, mean (sd) | 28.36 (15.81) | 27.87 (15.82) | -0.03 [-0.05, -0.01] |
Patients with HRSN associated to housing and economic conditions, n (%) | 2,986 (12.04) | 2,935 (11.83) | -0.01 [-0.01, 0.02] |
Patients with HRSN associated to family and social environment, n (%) | 7,229 (29.15) | 7,072 (28.51) | -0.01 [-0.01, -0.03] |
Patients receiving palliative care, n (%) | 937 (3.78) | 621 (2.5) | -0.71 [-0.06, -0.09] |
Patients requiring hospital admissions within the 12 months before the admission, n (%) | 11,580 (46.83) | 11,050 (44.75) | -0.01 [-0.01, 0.03] |
Patients requiring emergency room visits within the 12 months before the admission, n (%) | 19,611 (79.31) | 18,427 (74.63) | -0.02 [-0.04, 0.00] |
Total Expenditure in € within the 12 months before the admission, median (P25-P75) | 3,697.46 (1,522.40 – 7422.74) | 3,399.38 (1380.34 – 7163.79) | -0.01 [-0.01, -0.03] |
Hospitalization episode | |||
LoS, mean (sd) | 8.46 (6.05) | 7.09 (5.83) | -0.23 [-0.25, -0.21] |
Patients requiring in-hospital all-cause re-admissions, n (%) | 1,204 (4.85) | N.A | N.A |
Patients requiring emergency room visits without in-hospital readmission, n (%) | 923 (3.72) | N.A | N.A |
Mortality, n (%) | 76 (0.31) | 112 (0.45) | 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] |
Queralt Index, mean (sd) | 28.04 (15.55) | 36.69 (21.96) | 0.45 [0.40, 0.53] |
Case Mix Index | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.32 [0.31, 0.34] |
Health outcomes 30 days after discharge | |||
Mortality, n (%) | 973 (3.94) | 1112 (4.5) | 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] |
Patients requiring hospital admissions, n (%) | 2,003 (8.08) | 1,625 (6.58) | -0.07 [-0.09, -0.06] |
Patients requiring emergency room visits, n (%) | 4,109 (16.62) | 3,968 (16.07) | -0.01 [-0.03, 0.01] |
Total Expenditure in €, median (P25-P75) | 809.92 (344.65 – 2,276.98) | 681.11 (285.89 – 1,786.66) | -0.03 [-0.05, -0.02] |
Rubin’s B | 0.003 | ||
Rubin’s R | 1.001 | ||