Table 3 Continuity of care and number of contacts during the 20 months observation period of study patients with at least one outcome measure included in an analysis of variance
Total | Patient group with higher continuity of care | Patient group with lower continuity of care | p -value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | n | 162 | 78 | 84 | |
Continuity of care | mean (SD a ) | 0.55 (0.422) | 0.95 (0.083) | 0.17 (0.210) | < 0.001 |
median | 0.64 | 1 | 0.10 | ||
range | 0.0–1.0 | 0.71–1.00 | 0.0–0.67 | ||
Number of inpatient stays (initial stay included) | mean (SD) | 3.48 (3.772) | 2.69 (2.880) | 4.21 (4.333) | 0.010 |
median | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
range | 1–22 | 1–19 | 1–22 | ||
Days of inpatient treatment (initial stay included) | mean (SD) | 89,01 (84.652) | 84.94 (86.340) | 92.80 (83.392) | 0.556 |
median | 62.50 | 50.50 | 66.00 | ||
range | 4–417 | 4–417 | 11–397 | ||
Number of day care stays | mean (SD) | 0.82 (1.256) | 1.00 (1.227) | 0.65 (1.266) | 0.080 |
median | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
range | 0–8 | 0–6 | 0–8 | ||
Number of outpatient contacts | mean (SD) | 9.68 (14.493)) | 12.69 (16.466) | 6.88 (11.810) | 0.010 |
median | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
range | 0–91 | 0–91 | 0–65 | ||