Table 4.
Use of healthcare services the first year after stroke for the home CADL group and the home UADL group
| Home CADL group, n=13 | Home UADL group, n=25 | P values | |||||||||
| n* | Mean | Median | Sum | Min–max | n* | Mean | Median | Sum | Min–max | ||
| Emergency unit (visits) | 13 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 27 | 1–5 | 24 | 2 | 2.0 | 50 | 0–5 | 0.70 |
| INPATIENT CARE (days) | |||||||||||
| Initial hospitalisation | |||||||||||
| Acute stroke unit | 13 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 100 | 2–15 | 25 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 235 | 0–26 | 0.54 |
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 12 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 208 | 0–26 | 16 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 385 | 0–50 | 0.51 |
| Initial stay (ie, stroke unit and inpatient rehabilitation) | 13 | 23.7 | 27.0 | 308 | 4–35 | 25 | 24.8 | 26.0 | 620 | 2–55 | 0.95 |
| Recurrent hospitalisation | |||||||||||
| Inpatient care | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 23 | 0–17 | 9 | 4.8 | 0 | 120 | 0–79 | 0.72 |
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 17 | 0–10 | 0.70 | ||||
| Inpatient care, total | 13 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 331 | 4–45 | 25 | 30.3 | 29.0 | 757 | 2–134 | 0.70 |
| OUTPATIENT CARE (contacts) | |||||||||||
| Specialised outpatient care | |||||||||||
| Physician, visit | |||||||||||
| Neurology department | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0–1 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 7 | 0–2 | 0.45 |
| Other departments | 10 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 30 | 0–10 | 21 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 139 | 0–48 | 0.52 |
| Physician, telephone | |||||||||||
| Neurology department | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 0–1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.58 |
| Other departments | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 3 | 0–1 | 9 | 0.6 | 0 | 16 | 0–4 | 0.41 |
| Nurse, visit | |||||||||||
| Neurology department | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 15 | 0–15 | 0.88 |
| Other departments | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0–1 | 11 | 1.2 | 0 | 31 | 0–9 | 0.47 |
| Nurse, telephone | |||||||||||
| Neurology department | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 29 | 0–29 | |||||
| Other departments | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 10 | 0–3 | 0.40 |
| Other | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 21 | 0–8 | 9 | 0.9 | 0 | 23 | 0–6 | 0.81 |
| Specialised outpatient rehabilitation | |||||||||||
| Rehabilitation professional (visit) | 0 | 8 | 26.0 | 7.0 | 649 | 0–126 | |||||
| Day-hospital rehabilitation (day visit) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Primary care | |||||||||||
| Rehabilitation | |||||||||||
| General rehabilitation, visits to clinic | 6 | 1.8 | 0 | 24 | 0–13 | 18 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 200 | 0–41 | 0.04 |
| General rehabilitation, home visits | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 8 | 0–5 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 50 | 0–20 | 0.68 |
| General rehabilitation, telephone | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | 0–2 | 10 | 0.9 | 0 | 22 | 0–3 | 0.27 |
| General rehabilitation, group visit | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 28 | 0–20 | 14 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 249 | 0–102 | 0.05 |
| Stroke team, visits to clinic | 5 | 3.7 | 0 | 48 | 0–23 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.08 |
| Stroke team, home visits | 13 | 23.6 | 13.0 | 307 | 5–62 | 25 | 36.9 | 30.0 | 922 | 5–97 | 0.09 |
| Stroke team, telephone | 5 | 2.6 | 0 | 34 | 0–16 | 0 | |||||
| Stroke team, group visit | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | 0–6 | 8 | 0.8 | 0 | 20 | 0–4 | 0.28 |
| Rehabilitation, total | 13 | 35.3 | 42.0 | 459 | 7–63 | 25 | 58.6 | 53.0 | 1464 | 13–129 | 0.03 |
| Physician | |||||||||||
| Visit to clinic | 13 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 142 | 1–26 | 22 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 142 | 0–23 | 0.07 |
| Home visit | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 14 | 0–7 | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 34 | 0–9 | 0.86 |
| Stroke team | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Telephone | 10 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 38 | 0–10 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 37 | 0–5 | 0.13 |
| Physician, total | 13 | 14.9 | 10.0 | 194 | 2–31 | 24 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 214 | 0–24 | 0.06 |
| Nurse | |||||||||||
| Visit to clinic | 9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 44 | 0–12 | 12 | 1.2 | 0 | 30 | 0–7 | 0.06 |
| Home visits | 8 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 151 | 0–112 | 10 | 28.6 | 0 | 716 | 0–447 | 0.67 |
| Stroke team | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Telephone | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0–2 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 0–1 | 0.25 |
| Stroke team telephone | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Group | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | 0–2 | |||||
| Nurse, total | 13 | 15.8 | 6.0 | 206 | 1–115 | 18 | 30.0 | 3.0 | 751 | 0–447 | 0.19 |
| Assistant nurse | |||||||||||
| Visit to clinic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | 0–2 | 0.7 |
| Home visit | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 43 | 0–23 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | 132 | 0–103 | 0.49 |
| Group visit | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Assistant nurse, total | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 43 | 0–23 | 6 | 5.4 | 0 | 135 | 0–103 | 0.68 |
| Outpatient care, total | 13 | 74.6 | 74.0 | 970 | 11–208 | 25 | 139.4 | 103.0 | 3484 | 18–668 | 0.01 |
Number of people who have received the service.
CADL, client-centred activities of daily living; UADL, usual ADL.