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Table 6 Utilisation of health resources

From: Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study

 

Mean

 
 

Interv (n = 247)

Control (n = 216)

p

Home Visits (Community Nurse)

7.58 (6.05–9.10)

11.82 (9.10–14.54)

0.022*

Home visits (Community + CMN1)

9.40 (7.89–10.92)

11.80 (9.10–14.54)

0.758

Social Worker interventions

1.00 (0.75–1.25)

0.38(0.21–0.55)

0.0001*

Physiotherapist interventions

7.92 (5.22–10.62)

3.24 (1.37–5.10)

0.0001*

Hospital Re-admissions

0.75 (0.47–1.03)

0.66 (0.40–0.91)

0.599

A&E visits

2.53 (1.72–3.35)

2.24 (1.63–2.84)

0.526

Caregivers visits to the Health Centre

7.79 (5.68–9.90)

26.30 (19.19–33.41)

0.0001*

  1. 1CMN case management nurse