Table 2.

Hospital admission, emergency department (ED) visits and general practitioner (GP) visits during the initial 6-month follow-up period

	Control group	Intervention group
Variable	n= 79	n= 77	P-value
GP visit (scheduled)	158	188	0.52*
GP visit (unscheduled)	89	53	0.01*
ED visit for COPD	42	20	0.02†
Hospital admission for acute exacerbation	34	15	0.01†
Hospital days total	237	79	0.03*

^*Mann–Whitney test.

^†χ² test. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.