Table 3.

 Hospital use and mortality during trial (unadjusted for clustering and covariates). Data are mean (standard deviation) unless stated otherwise

	Control group (n=1584)	Intervention group (n=1570)	Absolute difference (95% CI)	Percentage difference (95% CI)
Admission proportion (%)	48.2 (n=763)	42.9 (n=674)	−5.2 (−8.7 to −1.8)	−10.8% (−18.1% to −3.7%)
Mortality (%)	8.3 (n=131)	4.6 (n=72)	−3.7 (−5.4 to −2.0)	−44.5% (−65.3% to −23.8%)
Emergency admissions per head	0.68 (1.41)	0.54 (1.16)	−0.14 (−0.23 to −0.05)	−20.6% (−33.8% to −7.4%)
Elective admissions per head	0.49 (1.31)	0.42 (0.99)	−0.07 (−0.15 to 0.01)	−14.3% (−30.6% to 2.0%)
Outpatient attendances per head	4.68 (6.81)	4.76 (6.74)	0.08 (−0.39 to 0.55)	1.7% (−8.3% to 11.8%)
Emergency department visits per head	0.75 (1.58)	0.64 (1.26)	−0.11 (−0.21 to −0.01)	−14.7% (−28.0% to −1.3%)
Bed days per head	5.68 (15.10)	4.87 (14.35)	−0.81 (−1.84 to 0.22)	−14.3% (−32.4% to 3.9%)
Tariff costs per head (£)	2448 (4099)	2260 (4117)	188 (−474.9 to 98.8)	−7.7% (−19.4% to 4.0%)