Table 3. Outcomes of patients with pneumonia, home hospitalisation (cases) versus traditional hospitalisation (controls).

	Cases	Controls	Cl	Significance
Mean length of hospitalisation in days (SD)	5.01 (4.6)	6.05 (7.1)	0.588–0.841	<0.001
ED visits
7 days	6%	8.3%	0.282–1.087	0.086
30 days	13.7%	24%	0.232–0.594	<0.001
Rehospitalisations
7 days	4.3%	1.7%	0.759–6.420	0.146
30 days	9%	9.3%	0.478–1.503	0.570
Average total length of hospitalisations (SD)	5.7 (5.1)	7.1 (8.8)	0.479–0.682	<0.001
Mean costs (in NIS)
Index hospitalisation (SD)	6056 (7148)	9619 (11326)	0.513–0.714	<0.001
Total (SD)	6869 (8084)	11 326 (13984)	0.498–0.693	<0.001
Mortality
7 days	3.3%	5.3%	0.231–1.227	0.139
30 days	8.3%	10.3%	0.408–1.271	0.258

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