Table 4 Health care consumption at two-year follow-up
Ultrasound (n = 388*) | Not ultrasound (n = 383**) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (min-max) | Mean | SD | Median (min-max) | Mean | SD | p-value | |
Number of out-patient admissions | 5.0 (0-500) | 13.8 | 31.6 | 7.0 (0-183) | 13.5 | 19.9 | 0.220 |
Number of out-patient radiological examinations | 1.0 (0-11) | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 (0-16) | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.294 |
Number of out-patient endoscopies | 0.0 (0-3) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 (0-3) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.108 |
Number of in-patient admissions | 0.0 (0-18) | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 (0-14) | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.774 |
Total amount of hospital days | 0.0 (0-462) | 6.0 | 26.3 | 0.0(0-470) | 8.7 | 35.6 | 0.733 |