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. 1987 Summer;8(4):87–100.

Table 4. Mortality rates after 1 year for treatment and control group, by type of experiment.

Type of experiment and demonstration Treatment mean Control mean Difference

Percent
Randomized experiment
Worcester Home Care 13 16 −3
NCHSR Day Care/Homemaker:
 Day Care 17 18 −1
 Homemaker 30 35 −5
 Combined 21 24 −3
Georgia AHS 13 21 *−8
Wisconsin CCO 6 8 −2
OPEN 9 7 2
South Carolina CLTC 30 32 −2
Florida Pentastar 8 11 −3
San Diego LTC 21 23 −2
Channeling:
 Basic Model 28 30 −2
 Financial Model 27 27 0
Quasi-experiment
Triage 8 7 1
On Lok 15 23 −8
Nursing Home Without Walls:
 Upstate New York 12 22 *−10
 New York City 17 24 −7
New York City Home Care 17 15 2
*

Denotes statistical significance.

NOTE: The full names of all demonstrations are shown in Figure 1.