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. 2020 Jul 30;22(7):e18598. doi: 10.2196/18598

Table 2.

Health care use based on hospital data.

Group Patients, n Six months before enrollment Six months post enrollment


Mean (SD) Median MADa Maximum value Mean (SD) Median MAD Maximum value
Emergency department admissions

SCb 40 0.7 (0.99) 0 0 3 0.43 (0.9) 0 0 4

SMc 41 0.22 (0.52) 0 0 2 0.32 (0.79) 0 0 4

RMd 41 0.46 (0.9) 0 0 4 0.37 (0.77) 0 0 4
Hospital admissions

SC 40 0.25 (0.54) 0 0 2 0.3 (0.85) 0 0 5

SM 41 0.15 (0.48) 0 0 2 0.12 (0.4) 0 0 2

RM 41 0.32 (0.82) 0 0 4 0.15 (0.42) 0 0 2
Emergency department admissions for COPDe

SC 40 0.38 (0.74) 0 0 3 0.13 (0.52) 0 0 3

SM 41 0.15 (0.48) 0 0 2 0.07 (0.35) 0 0 2

RM 41 0.27 (0.71) 0 0 4 0.1 (0.3) 0 0 1
Hospital admissions for COPD

SC 40 0.15 (0.43) 0 0 2 0.18 (0.81) 0 0 5

SM 41 0.07 (0.35) 0 0 2 0.02 (0.16) 0 0 1

RM 41 0.2 (0.56) 0 0 3 0.05 (0.22) 0 0 1
Clinic visits

SC 32 1.25 (1.08) 1 0 6 1.41 (0.98) 1 0 4

SM 35 1.23 (0.97) 1 1.5 4 1.57 (0.78) 1 1.5 4

RM 30 1.37 (0.72) 1 0 3 1.5 (0.97) 1 0.7 4

aMAD: median absolute deviation.

bSC: standard care.

cSM: self-monitoring.

dRM: remote monitoring.

eCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.