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Table 3 Consumption of specialist and municipal health care services for one year after discharge

From: Acute admissions to a community hospital - health consequences: a randomized controlled trial in Hallingdal, Norway

 

Group 1 ( n  = 33) admitted to HSS

Group 2 ( n  = 27) admitted to RS

P value a)

Total number

Mean per patient

SD

Total number

Mean per patient

SD

Specialist health care services

       

In-patient days (total number)

245

7.4

12.1

300

11.1

22.1

0.872

  Number in-patient days at HSS

118

3.6

7.0

156

5.8

11.7

0.621

  Number in-patient days at RS

117

3.5

6.4

131

4.9

11.4

0.813

  Number in-patient days other hospitals

10

0.3

1.0

13

0.5

1.5

0.952

Out-patient/X-ray consult. (total number)

70

2.1

3.0

37

1.4

2.3

0.201

  Out-patient/X-ray consultations at HSS

26

0.8

1.4

6

0.2

0.5

0.044*

  Out-patient/X-ray consultations at RS

29

0.9

1.3

16

0.6

1.0

0.318

  Out-patient/X-ray consult. other hospitals

15

0.5

0.9

15

0.6

1.4

0.752

Municipal health care services

       

Nursing homes (days)

355

10.8

30.0

524

19.4

50.0

0.078

Home care total (hours)

2415

73.2

136.2

3019

111.8

245.6

0.796

  Home nursing (hours)

1983

60.1

117.6

2669

98.9

227.4

0.856

  Practical help (hours)

432

13.1

26.4

350

13.0

24.0

0.970

GP office consultations (number)

470

14.2

11.8

352

13.0

13.3

0.562

  GP consultations (number)

263

8.0

7.2

193

7.2

7.6

0.612

  Nurse consultations (number)

207

6.3

7.4

159

5.9

7.4

0.976

  1. SD, standard deviation.
  2. aIndependent-samples Mann–Whitney U Test.
  3. *Significant at a 5% level.