Table 2.
Background variables and balance. Crude descriptive measures at baseline, for participants and their matched controls. If not otherwise marked, the point estimate is median and dispersion 5–95%-tile. All variables in the table were matching variables, except for the two Lead Days variables. The Patient-Centred Team (PACT)-study, Norway 2014–16
| Controls | Intervention | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | N | Point estimate | Dispersion | N | Point estimate | Dispersion | ||
| Sex (%) | male | 779 | 41% | NA | 439 | 41% | NA | 0.51 |
| Year at inclusion (%) | in 2015 | 779 | 51% | NA | 439 | 51% | NA | 0.98 |
| Age (mean/SD) | years | 779 | 78.81 | 8.68 | 439 | 80.02 | 8.72 | 0.02 |
| m-PARR30. 2Y (mean/SD) | Score | 779 | 2.19 | 0.57 | 439 | 2.16 | 0.61 | 0.49 |
| DRG points. 1Y | Sum | 779 | 2.20 | 0.03–12.65 | 439 | 2.70 | 0.32–14.79 | 0.10 |
| # Main diagnoses, 1Y | Count | 779 | 3 | 1–8 | 439 | 3 | 0–8 | 0.30 |
| # Bi-diagnoses 1Y | Count | 779 | 3 | 0–13 | 439 | 3 | 0–12 | 0.05 |
| # Long-term Diagnoses. | Count | 779 | 11 | 2–29 | 439 | 11 | 3–28 | 0.41 |
| m-PARR30, 2Y | Score | 779 | 2.15 | 1.30–3.16 | 439 | 2.09 | 1.33–3.20 | 0.10 |
| Elixhauser, 2Y | Score | 779 | 5 | 0–20 | 439 | 5 | 0–20 | 0.28 |
| Emergency Inpt Adm. 1Y | Count | 779 | 2 | 0–8 | 439 | 1 | 0–7 | 0.05 |
| Emergency Inpt Adm, 30d | Count | 779 | 1 | 0–4 | 439 | 1 | 0–2 | 0.96 |
| Emergency Bed days, 30d | Sum | 779 | 2 | 0–15 | 439 | 3 | 0–16 | 0.03 |
| Emergency Bed days, 1Y | Sum | 779 | 6 | 0–52 | 439 | 6 | 0–55 | 0.86 |
| Emergency Outpt visit, 30d | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–1 | 439 | 0 | 0–1 | 0.43 |
| Emergency Outpt visit, 1Y | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–3 | 439 | 0 | 0–3 | 0.95 |
| 30d Readmissions, 1Y | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–1 | 439 | 0 | 0–2 | 0.26 |
| Planned Inpt Adm, 1Y | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–4 | 439 | 0 | 0–2 | 0.04 |
| Planned Inpt Adm 30d | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–1 | 439 | 0 | 0–1 | 0.74 |
| Planned Outpt visit, 1Y | Count | 779 | 2 | 0–21 | 439 | 2 | 0–18 | 0.22 |
| Planned Outpt visit, 30D | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–3 | 439 | 0 | 0–3 | 0.06 |
| Lead Days | Count | 779 | 0 | 0–9 | 439 | 4 | 0–30 | < 0.001 |
| Quintile Lead Days (%) | Q 1 + 2 | 779 | 78% | NA | 439 | 20% | NA | < 0.001 |
Abbreviations: N Number of patients, # Number of, p-probability, SD Standard deviation, m-PARR30 modified PARR score [76], Elixhauser score – Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure [77], DRG Diagnosis Related Groups [64], Readmissions – New emergency admission within 30 days of last hospital discharge, Inpt Inpatient, Adm Admission, Outpt Outpatient. Main-diagnosis: The current diagnosis which caused admission. Bi-diagnoses: Other diagnoses relevant for the care of the current problem
Time spans: 1Y - Last year prior, 2Y – Last 2 years prior, 30d – Last 30 days prior
Statistics: P-values for two-sided t-tests (continuous normal variables) Wilcoxon rank-sum test (continuous non-normal variables) and Chi2-test (discrete variables) for difference between control and intervention groups