Table 1.
| Pre-enrolment period |
Follow-up period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 94) |
Control (n = 92) |
Difference | Intervention (n = 94) |
Control (n = 92) |
Difference | |
| Resource utilization | ||||||
| Physician visits | 8.1 (6.0) | 10.4 (11.4) | − 2.3 (− 0.36, 4.9) | 7.0 (6.0) | 7.8 (6.6) | − 0.8 (− 1.0, 2.6) |
| Outpatient clinic visits | 2.5 (5.1) | 3.1 (4.4) | − 0.6 (− 0.8, 1.9) | 1.4 (2.6) | 2.3 (4.1) | − 0.9 (− 0.1, 1.9) |
| Inpatient admissions | 0.02 (0.15) | 0.08 (0.27) | − 0.06 (− 0.01, 0.12) | 0.01 (0.10) | 0.02 (0.15) | − 0.01 (− 0.03, 0.04) |
| Costc | ||||||
| Intervention | 340 (0) | 0 (0) | 340 (0) | |||
| Physician | 586 (549) | 784 (1043) | − 198 (− 44, 440) | 469 (526) | 573 (613) | − 104 (− 62, 269) |
| Outpatient | 494 (910) | 706 (1230) | − 212 (− 102, 525) | 330 (592) | 477 (761) | − 147 (− 51, 345) |
| Inpatient | 96 (751) | 401 (1605) | − 305 (− 60, 670) | 37 (340) | 122 (913) | − 85 (− 117, 287) |
| Total | 1176 (1619) | 1891 (3240) | − 715 (− 31, 1460) | 1176 (1248) | 1172 (1844) | 4 (− 461, 453) |
Data were collected between January 2010 and September 2012 in Alberta, Canada.
a
All values within study groups are expressed as average per participant (sd) based on the original sample.
b
For differences between study groups 95% confidence intervals are shown in parentheses.
c
2011 Canadian dollars.