Table 3.
Self-reported outcomes following the ECP home visit
| Patient disposal | Question | Reported outcome | n | % |
| Remained at home (n = 68) | Followed advice given or treatment felt right (n = 68) | Yes | 59 | 86.8 |
| No | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| Unclear from responses | 8 | 11.8 | ||
| Overall services used (n = 68) | GP or nurse | 29 | 42.6 | |
| Emergency department | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| Hospital admission | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| None reported | 35 | 51.5 | ||
| Follow up to the ECP's referral (n = 26)1 | Not seen yet (GP = 9, physiotherapist = 1)1 | 10 | 38.5 | |
| Seen and remained at home (GP = 11, nurse = 2, GP and nurse = 1, emergency department = 1)1 | 15 | 53.8 | ||
| Seen and admitted to hospital (GP) | 2 | 7.7 | ||
| No referral reported but services used (n = 16) | Seen and remained at home (GP = 14, nurse = 1) | 15 | 93.8 | |
| Seen and admitted to hospital (GP) | 1 | 6.2 | ||
| Conveyed (n = 13) | Outcome following conveyance | Discharged from out-of-hours centre | 0 | 0 |
| Discharged from the emergency department | 3 | 23.1 | ||
| Admitted to hospital | 10 | 76.9 | ||
| All (n = 81) | Clear about the outcome at the end of the assessment | Yes | 70 | 86.4 |
| No | 9 | 11.1 | ||
| No response to this question | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| Clear about when the next steps might happen? | Yes | 47 | 58.0 | |
| No | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| Unclear from responses | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| No response to this question | 28 | 34.6 | ||
| How are you now? | Better | 47 | 58.0 | |
| Managing | 20 | 24.7 | ||
| Needed help | 7 | 8.6 | ||
| Worse | 7 | 8.6 | ||
1One patient was referred to both the hospital emergency department and to a physiotherapist.