Table 17:
Effect of Patient Care Planning Discussions on Emergency Department Visits
| Author, Year | Study Design | Tool Used? | Results Intervention | Results Control | Difference in Means (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-Provider Discussion vs. Usual Care or No Discussion GRADE for all evidence: Low | |||||
| Engelhardt et al, 2009 (56) | Obs-cont | Yes | Mean change from baseline (SD): 1.7 (6.8)a | Mean change from baseline (SD): 3.0 (13.5)a | −1.27 (−3.34, 0.80) |
|
Team-Based Discussion vs. Usual Care or No Discussions GRADE for all evidence: Moderate | |||||
| Rabow et al, 2004 (57) | Obs-cont | No | Mean (SD): 1.6 (2.2) | Mean (SD): 1.7 (2.8) | −0.10 (−1.16, 0.96) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; Obs-cont, observational study with contemporaneous controls; SD, standard deviation.
a
Standard deviations are slightly larger because information about the correlation between estimates was not provided.