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. 2023 Feb 7;73(730):e356–e363. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0224

Table 3.

Healthcare utilisation and other health-related secondary outcomes for the intervention and usual care group participants

Category Total (n= 41) Intervention (n= 21) Usual care (n= 20) P-value
GP contacts
Number of COVID-19 related GP contacts, n 101 50 51 0.550
  Because of low oxygen saturation measurement,n (%) 15 (14.8) 12 (24.0) 3 (5.9) 0.213
Patients with at least one GP contact after inclusion, n (%) 31 (75.6) 15 (71.4) 16 (80) 0.523
Median GP contacts per patient during 45 days (range) 3.0 (1–12) 2.0 (1–12) 3.0 (1–8) 0.550
Hospital visits and admission
Total number of ED visits, n (%) 11 (26.8) 8 (38.1) 3 (15.0) 0.513
Patients admitted to hospital, n (%) 6 (14.6) 5 (23.8) 1 (5.0) 0.184
  Median length of stay, days (range) 5.0 (3–16) 3.0 (3–16) 7.0 (0.0) n/a
  Non-invasive oxygen treatment,n (%) 6 (100) 5 (100) 1 (100) 0.180
ICU admissions, n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) n/a

Secondary diagnosis
  Bacterial superinfection, n (%) 10 (24.4) 6 (28.6) 4 (20.0) 0.720
  Pulmonary embolism,n (%) 1 (2.4) 1 (4.8) 0 (0.0) n/a
Treatment with dexamethasone, n (%) 7 (17.1) 5 (23.8) 2 (10.0) 0.410

Days alive at home, mean (SD) 43.5 (6.1) 42.4 (8.3) 44.7 (1.6) 0.239

Deaths, n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) n/a

ED = emergency department. ICU = intensive care unit. n/a = not applicable. SD = standard deviation.