TABLE 2—

Number of Inpatient Days, Emergency Department Visits, and Outpatient Clinic Visits by Group During the 12-Month Follow-Up Period After Respite Care Referral^a: 1998–2000

	Respite Care Group (n = 161),Mean, 95% CI	Usual Care Groupa (n = 64),Mean, 95% CI	P
Inpatient days	3.4 (2.3, 4.7)	8.1 (5.1, 11.9)	.002
Emergency department visits	1.4 (0.9, 1.8)	2.2 (1.2, 3.6)	.09
Outpatient clinic visits	6.7 (5.3, 8.2)	6.0 (4.1, 8.0)	.60

Note. CI = confidence interval. ^a Patients in the usual care group were referred to but were denied respite care because beds were not available at the respite care center. General linear models were used to adjust for age, race, gender, reason for index hospitalization, and use of health services during the 6 months before referral to respite care.