Table 2.

Utilization data

Variable	MTC	Control	p-value*
Patients	388	388
Hospital days, mean (s.d.)
pre-intervention	0.48 (0.76)	0.32 (0.93)	< 0.05
post-intervention	0.37 (0.97)	0.43 (1.15)
ER visits, mean (s.d.)
pre-intervention	0.07 (0.09)	0.04 (0.08)	< 0.05
post-intervention	0.05 (0.09)	0.03 (0.06)
PCP visits, mean (s.d.)
pre-intervention	1.84 (1.1)	1.55 (1.0)	N.S.
post-intervention	1.80 (1.2)	1.44 (1.0)

*p values compare the differences between groups for the pre-post changes