Table 5.

Indicators of processes of care for hospital inpatients given post-acute care in nurse-led unit or conventional care

Events	Mean No of events/patient				Mean No of events/patient/day
	Nurse-led unit	Conventional care	Mean ratio (95% CI)*		Nurse-led unit	Conventional care	Mean ratio (95% CI)*
In hospital†
Minor medical reviews	4.81 (n=115)	11.11 (n=119)	0.44 (0.39 to 0.48)		0.148 (n=115)	0.600 (n=119)	0.24 (0.22 to 0.26)
Major medical reviews	1.59 (n=115)	1.22 (n=119)	1.29 (1.04 to 1.61)		0.049 (n=115)	0.066 (n=119)	0.71 (0.56 to 0.89)
Tests or investigations	4.97 (n=115)	5.28 (n=119)	0.95 (0.85 to 1.07)		0.152 (n=115)	0.285 (n=119)	0.58 (0.51 to 0.65)
Changes to medication	2.38 (n=115)	2.09 (n=119)	1.13 (0.96 to 1.35)		0.073 (n=115)	0.113 (n=119)	0.64 (0.54 to 0.77)
Physiotherapy sessions	2.28 (n=113)	1.13 (n=119)	2.04 (1.65 to 2.51)		0.070 (n=113)	0.061 (n=119)	1.16 (0.93 to 0.44)
Occupational therapy sessions	2.35 (n=113)	1.48 (n=118)	1.58 (1.30 to 1.91)		0.073 (n=113)	0.082 (n=118)	0.91 (0.74 to 1.12)
New complications	0.63 (n=117)	0.60 (n=119)	1.06 (0.77 to 1.48)		0.019 (n=117)	0.032 (n=119)	0.61 (0.44 to 0.86)
After hospital‡
GP visits in surgery	1.70 (n=96)	1.90 (n=80)	0.93 (0.74 to 1.16)		NA	NA	NA
GP visits at home	2.76 (n=96)	2.53 (n=80)	1.06 (0.88 to 1.28)		NA	NA	NA
District nurse visits	4.24 (n=96)	4.94 (n=80)	0.78 (0.68 to 0.89)		NA	NA	NA

GP=general practitioner. NA=not appropriate. 

^*Controlled for referring ward. 

^†Excluding patients with zero length of stay before first discharge from hospital trust. 

^‡Including patients with zero length of stay before first discharge from hospital trust.