Table 4.

Rehospitalizations and mortality

Intervention Components	Study, Year
	Bourbeau etal., 2003 (31)	Kwok etal., 2005 (30)	Casas etal., 2006 (29)	Bucknall etal., 2012 (32)	Fan etal., 2012 (28)
	(n = 191)	(n = 157)	(n = 155)	(n = 464)	(n = 426)
Assessment period, mo	12	6	12	12	12
Rehospitalizations, intervention vs. control
All-cause	1.0 vs. 1.8 (mean)*	76 vs. 62 (at 28 d: 47 vs. 37)	45 vs. 67*	69 vs. 72	37 vs. 36
COPD-related	32 vs. 50*			44 vs. 46	27 vs. 24
Mortality, intervention vs. control
All-cause	5 vs. 9	4 vs. 8	18 vs. 16	13 vs. 9	17 vs. 7*
COPD-related				10 vs. 7	7 vs. 3

Data are given as percent unless otherwise noted.

^*P < 0.05.