Table 3.
Patient-Reported Medical Utilization Over the 12-Week Study Period
| Medical Utilization |
Monitoring Alone | Monitoring & Reporting | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Number of hospital admissions | ||||||
| 0 | 80 | 67.8 | 75 | 67.0 | ||
| 1 | 22 | 18.6 | 19 | 17.0 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 6.8 | 14 | 12.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | .0 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | .9 | ||
| 5–9 | 4 | 3.4 | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| Mean (SD) | .67 (1.43) | .63 (1.27) | 0.877 | |||
| Number of ER visits | ||||||
| 0 | 81 | 68.6 | 77 | 68.8 | ||
| 1 | 20 | 16.9 | 16 | 14.3 | ||
| 2 | 11 | 9.3 | 8 | 7.1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2.6 | 7 | 6.3 | ||
| 4–9 | 3 | 2.6 | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| Mean (SD) | .58 (1.16) | .69 (1.40) | 0.848 | |||
| Number of unscheduled clinic visits | ||||||
| 0 | 100 | 84.7 | 86 | 76.8 | ||
| 1 | 11 | 9.3 | 16 | 14.3 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2.6 | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3–6 | 4 | 3.4 | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| Mean (SD) | .25 (.71) | .41 (.97) | 0.129 | |||
| Number of phone calls to physician | ||||||
| 0 | 80 | 67.8 | 66 | 58.9 | ||
| 1 | 15 | 12.7 | 27 | 24.1 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 8.5 | 7 | 6.3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1.7 | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 6–8 | 4 | 3.4 | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| Mean (SD) | .81 (1.57) | .85 (1.47) | 0.323 | |||
| Number of phone calls to nurse | ||||||
| 0 | 65 | 55.1 | 46 | 41.1 | ||
| 1 | 20 | 16.9 | 25 | 22.3 | ||
| 2 | 15 | 12.7 | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 6.9 | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| 4–6 | 6 | 5.0 | 18 | 16.2 | ||
| 7–15 | 4 | 3.4 | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| Mean (SD) | 1.14 (1.85) | 1.79 (2.52) | 0.022 | |||