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Table 2 Clinical outcomes at 12 months

From: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine programme for preventing unplanned hospitalisations of older adults living in nursing homes: the GERONTACCESS cluster randomized clinical trial

Clinical outcomes

Intervention

group

Control

group

n.

p value

Participants with unplanned hospitalizations No. (%)

50 (23)

69 (33)

119

0.034

Number of unplanned hospitalizations mean ± SD

0.29 (± 0.77)

0.44 (± 0.99)

154

0.17

Length of stay in day mean ± SD

9.37 (± 8.78)

8.14 (± 6.32)

147

0.392

ED admissions without hospitalization No. (%)

29 (14)

22 (10)

51

0.314

Consultations by referring physician mean ± SD

16.4 (± 6.94)

15.1 (± 5.55)

426

0.040

Deaths No. (%)

40 (19)

43 (20)

83

0.68

EQ-5D

83 (39)

77 (36)

160

0.60

Utility

0.309 (± 0.342)

0.329 (± 0.346)

160

0.73