Table 3.
Consumption of specialist and municipal health care services for one year after discharge
| Group 1 ( n = 33) admitted to HSS | Group 2 ( n = 27) admitted to RS | P value a) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number | Mean per patient | SD | Total number | Mean per patient | SD | ||
| Specialist health care services | |||||||
| In-patient days (total number) | 245 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 300 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 0.872 |
| Number in-patient days at HSS | 118 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 156 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 0.621 |
| Number in-patient days at RS | 117 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 131 | 4.9 | 11.4 | 0.813 |
| Number in-patient days other hospitals | 10 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 13 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.952 |
| Out-patient/X-ray consult. (total number) | 70 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 37 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.201 |
| Out-patient/X-ray consultations at HSS | 26 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.044* |
| Out-patient/X-ray consultations at RS | 29 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 16 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.318 |
| Out-patient/X-ray consult. other hospitals | 15 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 15 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.752 |
| Municipal health care services | |||||||
| Nursing homes (days) | 355 | 10.8 | 30.0 | 524 | 19.4 | 50.0 | 0.078 |
| Home care total (hours) | 2415 | 73.2 | 136.2 | 3019 | 111.8 | 245.6 | 0.796 |
| Home nursing (hours) | 1983 | 60.1 | 117.6 | 2669 | 98.9 | 227.4 | 0.856 |
| Practical help (hours) | 432 | 13.1 | 26.4 | 350 | 13.0 | 24.0 | 0.970 |
| GP office consultations (number) | 470 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 352 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 0.562 |
| GP consultations (number) | 263 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 193 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 0.612 |
| Nurse consultations (number) | 207 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 159 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 0.976 |
SD, standard deviation.
aIndependent-samples Mann–Whitney U Test.
*Significant at a 5% level.