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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chronic Illn. 2013 Oct 1;10(2):122–134. doi: 10.1177/1742395313502367

Table 2.

Comparison of healthcare utilization, one year before and after enrollment

Healthcare Utilization One Year Before One Year After Within Group Change

Median IQ Range Median IQ Range Median IQ Range P value
Intervention Group
 ED visits 1.0 0.0–2.0 0 0.0–1.5 0 −1.0 – 0.0 0.087
 Primary care visits 3.0 1.0–4.0 3.5 2.0–5.0 0 −1.0 – 3.0 0.041
Control Group
 ED visits 1.0 0.0–2.0 0 0.0–2.0 0 −1.0 – 1.0 0.879
 Primary care visits 3.0 1.0–5.0 3.0 1.0–5.0 0 −1.0 – 1.0 0.570

Abbreviations: IQ, Interquartile; ED, Emergency Department.

Median within group change refers to the median change in the number of visits in the year before study enrollment to the number of visits in the intervention year.

Results are based on signed-rank test.