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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcomes

From: Admission rates in a general practitioner-based versus a hospital specialist based, hospital-at-home model: ACCESS, an open-labelled randomised clinical trial of effectiveness

Admission and death

Community model

(n = 67)

Hospital model

(n = 64)

Effect size OR (95% CI)

P value

Admission on inclusion day

10 (15%)

25 (39%)

3.7 (1.6–8.7)

0.003

Admission within 7 days

16(24%)

29 (45%)

2.7 (1.3–5.8)

0.01

Admission within 14 days

17 (25%)

30 (46%)

2.7 (1.3–5.7)

0.01

Admission within 21 days

19 (28%)

30 (48%)

2.4 (1.2–5.1)

0.02

Admission within 30 days

23 (31%)

33 (52%)

2.1 (1.0–4.3)

0.04

Admission within 90 days

33 (49%)

37 (58%)

1.4 (0.7–2.9)

0.30

Median admission day for patients admitted within 7 days (IQR)

1 (1–3)

0 (0–0)

 

0.001

Median days in hospital for patients admitted within 7 days

4 (3–8)

6 (1–10)

 

0.06

Median number of admissions within 90 days for admitted patients (IQR)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

 

0.67

Median days in hospital with 90 days for admitted patients (IQR)

7 (4–11)

7 (3–13)

 

0.83

Death within 30 days

5 (7%)

7 (11%)

1.6 (0.4–5.9)

0.48

Death within 3 months

11 (16%)

12 (19%)

1.2 (0.5–3.1)

0.69

Change in performance (day 7)

Increased municipal care

20 (39%)

30 (57%)

1.9 (0.9–4.3)

0.11

   

Coeficent (95% CI)

 

Mean DEMMI change (95% CI))

10 (2.6–17)

5 (−0.1–10)

−0.5(−1.4–0.5)

0.3

Mean OMC change (95% CI))

2.8 (− 0.1–5.7)

1.8 (− 0.8–4.4)

−0.1 (− 0.9–0.7)

0.9

Mean CST change (95% CI)

0.4 (− 0.8–1.7)

0.2 (−  0.9–1.2)

−0.3 (− 1.3–0.6)

0.5

Mean GST change (95% CI)

0.1 (−3.4–3.5)

3.0 (− 0.5–6.5)

−0.3 (− 1.0–0.5)

0.4

Mean EQD5 change (95% CI)

0.1 (0.0–0.1)

0.1 (0.0–0.1)

−0.1 (− 0.8–0.6)

0.7

  1. DEMMI de Morton Mobility Index, OMC orientation-memory concentration test, CST 30-s. chair stand test GST Grip strength test