Table 5.

Use of health services for 12 months from June 1999 to May 2000. Values are median (interquartile range) unless stated otherwise

Service	Intervention (n=579)	Control (n=550)	P value
No of general practice consultations	6 (3-10)	6 (3-10)	0.69*
No of outpatient appointments	1 (03)	1 (0-3)	0.41*
No (%) admitted to hospital:
Never	469 (81)	458 (83)
Once	78 (13)	55 (10)	0.16†
More than once	32 (6)	37 (7)

^*Mann-Whitney test. 

^†χ² test.