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. 2016 Nov 4;113(44):749–756. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0749

Table 2. Proportion of patients with a gap in care after discharge from hospital and median duration of the care gap (intention-to-treat population).

Control group Intervention group p value
Patients in total, N 100 100
  • Patients with a gap in care, n (%)

28 (28) 18 (18) 0.031
  • Duration of care gap in days, median (Q25/Q75)

2 (1/7) 1 (1/3) 0.013
Patients with new or—regarding active ingredient—changed high-risk medications among discharge medications, N 36 29 0.512
  • Patients with a gap in care, n (%)

17 (47) 8 (26) 0.054
  • Duration of care gap in days, median (Q25/Q75)

2 (2/6) 1 (1/2) 0.039

Q, quantile