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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2021 Aug 28;268:532–539. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.029

Table 3.

Unadjusted outcomes of patients treated by trial participants, stratified by exposure and trial period

Outcomes Control Digital behavior change interventions

Pre-trial (n=113) Post-trial (n=156) Pre-trial (n=154) Post-trial (n=134)
Under-triaged 59 (52) 77 (49) 85 (55) 56 (42)
Discharge status, n (%)
 Home 50 (44) 72 (46) 77 (51) 65 (49)
 Continued acute care 13 (12) 9 (6) 10 (7) 9 (7)
 Discharge to SNF or to rehabilitation center 43 (38) 55 (35) 52 (34) 53 (40)
 Died 6 (5) 20 (13) 12 (8) 7 (5)
 Other (e.g. discharged to jail) 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0)
Case fatality, n (%)
 Death on day of admission 0 (0) 3 (2) 2 (1) 0 (0)
 Death during hospitalization 7 (6) 20 (13) 12 (8) 8 (6)
 Death within 30-days of index hospitalization 26 (23) 40 (26) 26 (17) 18 (13)
30-day readmission if alive at time of discharge 10 (9) 27 (20) 28 (19) 24 (19)