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Table 4 Resource utilisation amongst the complete case sample

From: Is telephone health coaching a useful population health strategy for supporting older people with multimorbidity? An evaluation of reach, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness using a ‘trial within a cohort’

 

Baseline to 6 months

Type of service

Usual care (n = 378)

Health coaching (n = 206)

 

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Secondary care contacts

 Emergency short stay

0.063 (0.039—0.088)

0.058 (0.026–0.091)

 Emergency long stay

0.026 (0.009–0.044)

0.024 (0.003–0.045)

 Day case

0.172 (0.104–0.240)

0.112 (0.059–0.165)

 Elective admission

0.024 (0.008–0.039)

0.029 (0.002–0.056)

 Outpatient

4.992 (4.162–5.823)

6.553 (4.977–8.130)

 A&E attendance

0.156 (0.110–0.203)

0.131 (0.083–0.179)

GP appointments

3.111 (2.791–3.431)

3.039 (2.641–3.437)

 

6 months to 12 months

Secondary care contacts

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

 Emergency short stay

0.050 (0.027–0.074)

0.039 (0.006–0.072)

 Emergency long stay

0.040 (0.010–0.069)

0.019 (0.000–0.038)

 Day case

0.127 (0.069–0.185)

0.053 (0.017–0.090)

 Elective admission

0.029 (0.009–0.049)

0.029 (0.002–0.056)

 Outpatient

4.595 (3.650–5.540)

6.403 (5.126–7.680)

 A&E attendance

0.159 (0.108–0.209)

0.097 (0.041–0.153)

GP appointments

2.783 (2.527–3.039)

3.058 (2.696–3.421)

 

12 months to 18 months

Secondary care contacts

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

 Emergency short stay

0.132 (0.091–0.174)

0.068 (0.028–0.108)

 Emergency long stay

0.045 (0.022–0.068)

0.034 (0.009–0.059)

 Day case

0.196 (0.107–0.284)

0.180 (0.105–0.254)

 Elective admission

0.040 (0.020–0.059)

0.063 (0.027–0.099)

 Outpatient

7.185 (6.064–8.307)

9.893 (8.570–11.217)

 A&E attendance

0.275 (0.207–0.343)

0.170 (0.112–0.228)

GP appointments

2.865 (2.599–3.131)

2.922 (2.543–3.302)