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Table 3 Enrolled Patients COVID-related Events Within the 28-Day Observation Period by COVID-19 Risk Severity

From: A 360 degree mixed-methods evaluation of a specialized COVID-19 outpatient clinic and remote patient monitoring program

Type of COVID-related Event

Enrolled Patients (n = 137)

p-value

 

Low COVID-19 Risk Severity

n = 53 (%)

Medium COVID-19 Risk Severity

n = 59 (%)

High COVID-19 Risk Severity

n = 25 (%)

 

Patients without any event

49 (92.5)

51 (86.4)

18 (72.0)

 

Patients with ED-only events

1 (1.9)

6 (10.2)

3 (12.0)

p = .11

Patients with hospital events

3 (5.7)

3 (5.1)

5 (20.0)

p = .08

Patients with any ED-only and/or hospital events

4 (7.5)

8 (13.6)

7 (28.0)

p = .06

 

# Encounters

# Encounters

# Encounters

 

Total ED-only events

1

6

6

 

Total hospital events

3

3

5

 

Combined total ED-only or hospital events

4

9

11

 
 

rate (std dev.)

rate (std dev.)

rate (std dev.)

 

Rate of ED-only events

0.02 (0.14)

0.10 (0.30)

0.24 (0.83)

p = .05a

Rate of hospital events

0.06 (0.23)

0.05 (0.22)

0.20 (0.41)

p = .10

Rate of combined ED-only or hospital events

0.08 (0.26)

0.15 (0.41)

0.44 (0.92)

p < .01b

  1. aAdjusting for multiple comparisons (Tukey-Kramer), the high severity group had nearly a significant difference compared to the low severity group, p = .052
  2. bAdjusting for multiple comparisons (Tukey-Kramer), the high severity group had a significantly higher rate than the low severity group (p < .01) and had nearly a significant difference compared to the medium severity group, p = .052