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Table 3 Contact with the acute care system during the follow-up period (ambulance use, emergency department presentation or hospital admission)

From: The cost-effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention to support caregivers of older people discharged from hospital

Variable

Control

Intervention

p-value

Contact with health system [n/N (%)]

45/86 (52.3)

43/77 (55.8)

0.6527#

Hospital LOS (days)

N; median (range)

42; 8.5 (1–51)

39; 8.0 (1–50)

0.8574&

Acute care costs (AUD$); mean (SD)

$9421 ($14,566)

$9306 ($13,734)

0.4848*

  1. # Chi-square test
  2. & Wilcoxon 2-sample test
  3. *T-test following Box-Cox transformation