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Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jul 6;(7):CD009231. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009231

Analysis 2.3. Comparison 2 Resource use and cost, Outcome 3 Inpatient days.

Inpatient days

Study
Hughes 1992	At 6 months mean (SD):
	General bed days:
	treatment = 5.63 (10) control = 12.06 (15.2) mean difference 6.43 days p = 0.002
	95%CI 2.55 to 10.3
	All VA hospital days:
	treatment: 9.94 (13.3) control = 15.86 (20.1) mean difference 5.92
	p = 0.03
	95% CI 0.78 - 11
Jordhoy 2000	Mean (SD) number of inpatient days
	T=5.0 (17.3) N=235
	C=9.3 (31.4) N=199