Table 3.

Pre- and Post-enrollment acute hospital utilization, length of stay and specialist outpatient clinic visits at 3 and 6 months

	Pre-enrollment	Post-enrollment	Difference (pre - post) a	P value b
Exclude one homecare visit only (n = 186)
Re-admission visits
3-months from intervention	298	152	146	<0.001
6-months from intervention	463	226	237	<0.001
Emergency department attendances
3-months from intervention	290	176	114	<0.001
6-months from intervention	451	262	189	<0.001
Length of stay (days)
3-months from intervention	3981	1572	2409	<0.001
6-months from intervention	6675	2543	4132	<0.001
Specialist outpatient visits
3-months from intervention	232	340	−108	0.003
6-months from intervention	474	559	−85	0.479
Exclude deaths within 6 months of intervention (n = 218)
Re-admission visits
3-months from intervention	351	151	200	<0.001
6-months from intervention	525	234	291	<0.001
Emergency department visits
3-months from intervention	355	173	182	<0.001
6-months from intervention	535	266	269	<0.001
Total length of stay (days)
3-months from intervention	4627	1973	2654	<0.001
6-months from intervention	7599	3016	4583	<0.001
Specialist outpatient visits
3-months from intervention	268	397	−129	<0.001
6-months from intervention	533	645	−112	0.177

^a-ve: post higher utilization.

^bWilcoxon sign rank test.