Table 2.

Comparison of changes in hospital services utilization from baseline to follow-up of matched patient pairs in the two groups

Hospital service	Matched pair	Intervention			Control			P
		Baseline	Follow-up	Change	Baseline	Follow-up	Change
Length of hospitalization via emergency admission in past 90 days	39	15.03±17.52	3.41±8.09	−11.62±17.91	14.28±17.68	9.43±18.74	−4.38±26.41	0.14
Number of admissions via emergency admission in past 90 days	39	1.97±1.31	0.56±0.72	−1.41±1.23	1.68±1.23	0.90±1.08	−0.77±1.31	0.049*
Number of A&E attendance in past 90 days	39	2.15±1.27	0.64±0.78	−1.51±1.25	2.08±1.51	1.00±1.09	−1.08±1.48	0.29

Notes: Data are reported with mean and standard deviation. Wilcoxon signed-rank sum tests were used.

^*P-value <0.05.

Abbreviation: A&E, accident and emergency.