Table 4. Outcomes of patients with UTI, home hospitalisation (cases) versus traditional hospitalisation (controls).

	Cases	Controls	Cl	Significance
Mean length of hospitalisation in days (SD)	5.5 (4.1)	5.4 (5.2)	0.755–1.09	0.292
ED visits
7 days	6.5%	9.6%	0.329–1.151	0.128
30 days	16.4%	19.5%	0.461–1.137	0.161
Rehospitalisations
7 days	3.1%	3.8%	0.316–1.955	0.605
30 days	10.9%	9.6%	0.693–2.074	0.517
Average total length of hospitalisations (SD)	6.3 (5.6)	6.1 (6.5)	0.737–1.060	0.182
Mean costs (in NIS)
Index hospitalisation (SD)	6466 (6351)	8552 (8203)	0.645–0.902	0.002
Total (SD)	7741 (8631)	9649 (10 257)	0.691–0.969	0.020
Mortality
7 days	2%	2.7%	0.262–2.405	0.682
30 days	4.8%	7.8%	0.271–1.119	0.099

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