Table 2.

Location of patients randomised to hospital at home care or hospital care^* at each assessment according to whether they accepted or refused treatment allocated. Values are numbers of patients

	Hospital at home (n=101)				Hospital (n=96)
	Accepters	Refusers	Total		Accepters	Refusers	Total
Initial assessment
Home	95	6	101		0	23	23
Hospital	0	0	0		73	0	73
Assessment at three days
Home	84	2	86		1	19	20
Hospital	9	4	13		72	3	75
Died	2	0	2		0	1	1
Assessment at two weeks
Home	59	1	60		22	17	39
Hospital	17	4	21		46	2	48
Other institution	7	0	7		0	0	0
Died	12	1	13		5	4	9
Assessment at three months
Home	53	0	53		35	13	48
Hospital	5	0	5		4	0	4
Other institution	11	4	15		12	0	12
Died	24	2	26		21	9	30
Missing	2	0	2		1	1	2

^*Excludes two patients aged under 40, one from each treatment arm.