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

Table 4 Comparison of the hospitalization costs between all groups of the patients

Group	N	Monthly hospitalization cost per patient, USD			§p-value	‖p-value	**p-value
Group	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
All patients	623			–	< 0.001	–	–
Mean ± SD		1606 ± 2170	1066 ± 2082
Median		946	120
*Group 1	86			–	< 0.001	–	–
Mean ± SD		2417 ± 3209	705 ± 1419
Median		1314	129
†Group 2	142			–	0.44	–	–
Mean ± SD		1850 ± 2494	1638 ± 2225
Median		1160	663
‡Group 3	395				0.003	< 0.001	0.5
Mean ± SD		1341 ± 1659	939 ± 2267	983 ± 3046
Median		852	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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