Table 4.
The use of health care resources per patient during the study.
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Control group (n=47) | Telemonitoring group (n=46) | Effect size (95% CI) | P valuea |
| Nurse time (minutes), mean (SD) | 87 (35) | 136 (43) | Mean difference 48.7 (32.5-64.8) |
<.001 |
| Number of visits to the nurse, mean (SD) | 2.7 (1.0) | 4.5 (2.2) | IRR=1.73 (1.38-2.15) |
<.001 |
| Physician time (minutes), mean (SD) | 69 (23) | 76 (34) | Mean difference 6.7 (6.0-18.6) |
.340 |
| Number of visits to the physician, mean (SD) | 2.0 (0.8) | 1.9 (0.9) | IRR=0.95 (0.71-1.28) |
.738 |
| Number of telephone contacts initiated by nurse, mean (SD)/[% patients with zero-count] | 0.6 (0.9)/(57.4%) | 3.0 (2.4)/(15.2%) | IRR=5.6 (3.41-7.63) |
<.001 |
| Number of telephone contacts initiated by patient, mean (SD)/[% patients with zero-count] | 0.6 (1.5)/(72.3%) | 2.3 (2.1)/(30.4%) | IRR=1.63 (0.999-2.66) |
<.049 |
| Number of unplanned visits to the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, mean (SD)/[% patients with zero-count] | 1.0 (1.5)/(46.8%) | 3.7 (2.6)/(13%) | IRR=3.31 (2.15-5.09) |
<.001 |
aDifference between groups.