Table 2 Numbers of readmissions for the same disease, deaths, need of nursing homes and home care. P-values based on comparisons between intervention and general hospital groups according to intention-to-treat analyses. Trondheim 2003–4.
Assigned community hospital | Assigned general hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intermediate care group (n = 64) | Intervention group (n = 72) | General hospital group (n = 70) | p-values | adjusted p 1 | |
Readmissions2 | 13 (20.3%) | 14 (19.4%) | 25 (35.7%) | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Deaths | 8 (12.5%) | 9 (12.5%) | 14 (20%) | 0.23 | 0.15 |
Nursing homes3 | 7 (10.9%) | 7 (9.7%) | 5 (7.1%) | 0.45 | 0.76 |
Home care | 32 (50.0%) | 38 (52.8%) | 44 (62.9%) | 0.22 | 0.37 |
No care | 17 (26.6%) | 18 (25.0%) | 7 (10.0%) | 0.02 | 0.01 |