Table 2. Outcomes of patients with cellulitis, home hospitalisation (cases) versus traditional hospitalisation (controls).

	Cases	Controls	Cl	Significance
Mean length of hospitalisation in days (SD)	5.3 (4.4)	6.1 (6.8)	0.664–0.903	0.001
ED visits
7 days	4.3%	7.5%	0.218–0.844	0.014
30 days	13.5%	19.8%	0.351–0.796	0.002
Rehospitalisations
7 days	2.3%	3%	0.318–1.904	0.582
30 days	9.3%	8%	0.690–1.913	0.594
Average total length of hospitalisations (SD)	6.2 (6.2)	7.2 (8.3)	0.632–0.857	<0.001
Mean costs (in NIS)
Index hospitalisation (SD)	6011 (6718)	9767 (10761)	0.538–0.716	<0.001
Total (SD)	7366 (9548)	11 401 (13218)	0.554–0.736	<0.001
Mortality
7 days	1%	1%	0.216–4.001	0.923
30 days	2%	2.8%	0.237–1.6	0.320

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