Table 4.
Number of days (with 95% Confidence Intervals) in institution after randomisation. Trondheim 2003–4.
| Assigned community hospital | Assigned general hospital | ||||
| Intermediate care group (n = 64) | Intervention group (n = 72) | General hospital group (n = 70) | p-values | adjusted p1 | |
| Number of days before randomisation2 | 10.6 (9.0–12.1) | 10.7 (9.2–12.1) | 10.0 (8.2–11.8) | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Number of days initial care | 17.9 (14.7–21.1) | 17.5 (14.6–20.4) | 9.1 (6.9–11.2) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Days at rehabilitation units | 9.6 (4.9–14.2) | 10.4 (5.6–15.2) | 13.1 (8.2–18.1) | 0.43 | 0.22 |
| Number of readmission days2 | 3.3 (1.2–5.4) | 3.1 (1.2–5.0) | 7.6 (3.6–11.6) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Total number of days of inward care | 30.8 (25.2–36.3) | 31.0 (26.1–34.7) | 29.8 (23.2–36.4) | 0.79 | 0.80 |
1Adjusted for age, gender, ADL score and diagnosis
2 Readmissions at general hospital for the same disease