TABLE 4.

Twelve-Week Resource Utilization, Health Rating, and Functional Outcomes by Expert/Hospital Decision

	Expert/Hospital Decisions
Variable, Mean ± SD or Freq (%)	Agree Not to Refer, n = 66	Expert Only Refer, n = 183	Agree to Refer, n = 99	Unadj. P*	Adj. P†
Rehospitalized up to 12 wk	4 (6.2%)‡§	43 (23.5%)¶	20 (20.2%)¶	0.009	0.162
Acute MD visits post DC to 12 wk	0.5 ± 1.1	0.9 ± 1.6	1.1 ± 2.3	0.083	0.502
Used ER between DC and 12 wk	5 (7.7%)	26 (14.2%)	12 (12.2%)	0.392	0.488
Subjective health rating at 12 wk	‡ §	¶	¶	0.002	0.034
Excellent	15 (25.9%)	19 (12.0%)	8 (9.5%)
Good	35 (60.3%)	77 (48.7%)	42 (51.2%)
Fair/poor	8 (13.8%)	62 (39.2%)	33 (39.3%)
Total function score at 12 wk	12.3 ± 3.0‡§	18.2 ± 7.3§¶	21.5 ± 9.3‡¶	<0.001	0.013

^*Unadjusted/bivariate test of any differences between the 3 decision groups.

^†Test of any differences between the 3 decision groups adjusted for age, race, gender, admission diagnosis, research study, and for total function score at 12 weeks, the admission total function score was added.

^‡Significantly different from Expert Only Refer group in unadjusted, and adjusted analyses (if significant).

^§Significantly different from Agree to Refer group in unadjusted, and adjusted analyses (if significant).

^¶Significantly different from Agree Not to Refer group in unadjusted, and adjusted analyses (if significant).