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Table 3 Hospital utilisation

From: Feasibility and impact of a post–discharge geriatric evaluation and management service for patients from residential care: the Residential Care Intervention Program in the Elderly (RECIPE)

Number of readmissions

All patients N = 116

Intervention

Control

Significance

Acute Care (N)

55

29

26

0.47

(Mean, SD)/patient

0.47 (0.77)

0.51 (0.76)

0.44 (0.79)

0.60

Sub-acute care (N)

10

4

6

0.75

(Mean, SD)/patient

0.09 (0.31)

0.07 (0.26)

0.10 (0.36)

0.60

Total (N)

65

33

32

0.61

(Mean, SD)/patient

0.56 (0.89)

0.58 (0.84)

0.54 (0.93)

0.80

Hospital Bed-days

    

Index LOS (total days)

1289

573

716

 

(Mean, (SD)/patient)

 

10.0 (12.6)

12.1 (15.7)

0.43

Acute Care Readmit (total days)

388

193

195

 

(Mean, (SD)/patient)

 

3.4 (6.5)

3.3 (6.9)

0.95

Sub-acute Readmit (total days)

255

78

177

 

(Mean, (SD)/patient)

 

1.4 (5.5)

3.0 (14.7)

0.43

Total Bed-days over follow-up

643

271

372

 

(Mean, (SD)/patient)

 

4.8 (9.2)

6.3 (17.2)

0.55

Total bed days:

1932

844

1088

 

index + readmission

 

14.8 (16.2)

18.4 (22.4)

0.32