1.3. Analysis.
Comparison 1: Effect of discharge planning on hospital length of stay, Outcome 3: Hospital length of stay ‐ studies recruiting people with a mix of conditions
Hospital length of stay ‐ studies recruiting people with a mix of conditions | |
Study | Heading 1 |
Evans 1993 | Initial hospital length of stay T: Mean number of days in hospital 11.9 (SD 12.7) N=417 C: Mean number of days in hospital 12.5 (SD 13.5) N=418 |
Hendriksen 1990 | Initial hospital length of stay T: 11 N=135 C: 14.3 N=138 |
Parfrey 1994 | Recruited from two hospitals, reported a median difference for one hospital: − 0.80 days, P = 0.03; Intervention N=421; Control N=420 |