The outcomes of treatment for homebound adults with complex medical conditions in a hospital-at-home unit in the southern district of Israel

Table 3 Main outcomes by groups and time periods

	N	Six months prior to admission to the unit	During treatment in the unit	Six months after discharge from the unit	§p-value	‖p-value	**p-value
Number of hospitalizations
All patients	623
Mean ± SD		0.31 ± 0.3	0.27 ± 0.51	–	0.08	–	–
Median		0.33	0.05	–
*Group 1	86
Mean ± SD		0.37 ± 0.35	0.16 ± 0.28	–	< 0.001	–	–
Median		0.33	0.04	–
†Group 2	142
Mean ± SD		0.35 ± 0.41	0.4 ± 0.59	–	0.36	–	–
Median		0.33	0.19	–
‡Group 3	395
Mean ± SD		0.28 ± 0.24	0.25 ± 0.5	0.24 ± 0.59	0.19	< 0.001	0.6
Median		0.17	0	0
Number of hospitalization days
All patients	623
Mean ± SD		2.84 ± 4.35	1.7 ± 3.8	–	< 0.001	–	–
Median		1.5	0.16	–
*Group 1	86
Mean ± SD		4.5 ± 6.58	0.96 ± 1.81	–	< 0.001	–	–
Median		1.75	0.16	–
†Group 2	142
Mean ± SD		3.12 ± 4.79	2.46 ± 3.41	–	0.19	–	–
Median		1.67	0.86	–
‡Group 3	395
Mean ± SD		2.38 ± 3.39	1.59 ± 4.17	1.73 ± 4.17	0.004	< 0.001	0.6
Median		1.33	0	0
Number of emergency room visits
All patients	623
Mean ± SD		0.08 ± 0.14	0.06 ± 0.22	–	0.06	–	–
Median		0	0	–
*Group 1	86
Mean ± SD		0.07 ± 0.14	0.05 ± 0.13	–	0.42	–	–
Median		0	0	–
†Group 2	142
Mean ± SD		0.06 ± 0.12	0.06 ± 0.22	–	0.9	–	–
Median		0	0	–
‡Group 3	395
Mean ± SD		0.09 ± 0.15	0.06 ± 0.24	0.05 ± 0.12	0.04	< 0.001	0.7
Median		0	0	0

*Group 1—treated in the unit until the end of the treatment period
^†Group 2—treated in the unit and died during the treatment
^‡Group 3—treated in the unit and discharged due to completion of treatment
^§Comparison between the six months prior to admission to the unit and the period of treatment
‖Comparison between the six months prior to admission to the unit and the period of six months following discharge from the unit
**Comparison between the period of treatment in the unit and the period of six months following discharge from the unit

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