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Table 1 RACF group allocation and matching characteristics

From: Emergency department transfers and hospital admissions from residential aged care facilities: a controlled pre-post design study

Group

RACF label

Pair

Beds

High to low care bed ratio

Dementia specific

Intervention

Intervention 1

1

108

1.45

No

Control

Control 1a

1

100

1.50

No

Control

Control 1b

1

76

1.92

No

Intervention

Intervention 2

2

72

0.00

Yes

Control

Control 2a

2

84

0.00

Yes

Control

Control 2b

2

53

0.00

Yes

Intervention

Intervention 3

3

142

1.63

Yes

Control

Control 3a

3

120

2.00

Yes

Control

Control 3b

3

124

2.10

Yes

Intervention

Intervention 4

4

131

0.30

Yes

Control

Control 4a

4

153

0.50

Yes

Control

Control 4b

4

126

0.70

Yes