Table 3.
Municipal services during six months after discharge
| Intervention | Control | Pa | Adjusted OR (95%CI)b |
Adjusted β (95%CI)c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion receiving municipal services | ||||||
| Practical help, n (%) | 192 (75) | 188 (72) | 0.40 | 1.18 (0.79;1.76) | – | |
| Personal care, n (%) | 215 (84) | 224 (86) | 0.63 | 0.88 (0.54;1.43) | – | |
| Nursing, n (%) | 228 (89) | 232 (89) | 0.85 | 1.09 (0.62;1.92) | – | |
| Minutes per day among patients receiving services | ||||||
| Practical help, sum (mean) | 2833 (15) | 2671 (14) | 0.72 | – | 0.41 (−2.36; 3.17) | |
| Personal care, sum (mean) | 11,364 (53) | 11,079 (50) | 0.55 | – | 3.97 (−6.63; 14.58) | |
| Nursing, sum (mean) | 4569 (20) | 3746 (16) | 0.21 | – | 4.04 (−1.93; 10.00) | |
| Change in minutes per day | ||||||
| Practical help, mean | 4.3 | 5.2 | 0.62 | – | −0.97 (−4.40; 2.46) | |
| Personal care, mean | 25.1 | 26.8 | 0.68 | – | −1.72 (−9.11; 5.67) | |
| Nursing, mean | 11.7 | 8.7 | 0.28 | – | 2.97 (−2.32; 8.25) | |
aChi-square test for difference in proportions between the intervention and control groups and t-test for mean differences between the intervention and control groups
bLogistic regression of binary outcomes adjusted for discharging department and municipality, odds ratio for intervention compared to control group
cLinear regression of continuous outcomes adjusted for discharging department and municipality, β coefficient for intervention compared to control group