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Table 3 Impact of the program at T1

From: Evaluation of a program to strengthen general practice care for patients with chronic disease in Germany

 

Patients in GPCC

Patients in usual care

Adjusted difference (SE) [95% CI]

Primary care

 Mean number of visits to the FP (SD)

14.32 (11.44)

8.83 (9.83)

+3.75

(0.177) [3,41; 4,10]

 Mean number of prescribed drugs (SD)

5.99 (5.29)

5.85 (5.21)

+0.051

(0.029) [−0.006; 0.108]

 Mean percentage of prescriptions that should be avoided per FP (SD)

4.53 (12.43)

5.92 (14.80)

1.186

(0.067) [−1.314; −1.051]

 Mean costs of medication therapy in ambulatory care in observed year (euro) (SD)

1361.04 (62117.00)

1411.67 (46379.79)

−113.20

(0.021) [−0.107; −0.054]a

 Mean number of contacts with medical specialists with referral from FP (SD)

3.00 (3.11)

4.06 (4.46)

−1.01

(0.026) [−1.066; −0.962]

 Mean number of contacts with medical specialists without referral (SD)

1.93 (2.60)

2.21 (2.90)

−0.325

(0.02) [−0.365; −0.286]

Hospital care

 Mean number of hospital admissions (SD)

0.272 (0.749)

0.285 (0.774)

−0.008

(0.008) [−0.044; −0.014]a

 Mean percentage of avoidable hospital admissions of all admissions (SD)

15.25 (33.15)

16.05 (33.83)

−1.263

(0.173) [−1.602; −0.923]

 Mean number of days in hospital (SD)

13.60 (17.18)

14.04 (18.02)

−0.008

(0.008) [−0.180; 0.164]

 Mean number of hospital admissions within 4 weeks after a previous hospital admission. (SD)

0.200 (0.664)

0.205 (0.692)

−0.004

(0.017) [−0.012; 0.055]

 Mean total costs of hospital admission in year (euro) (SD)

5881.59 (8502.35)

5848.46 (8349.58)

+116.40

(0.021) [0.010; 0.033]a

  1. aThe Standard Error and the 95%-Confidence Interval is reported on the logarithmic scale according to the used link function of the particular model
  2. The italicize figures indicate statistical significance