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Table 2 Background variables and balance. Crude descriptive measures at baseline, for participants and their matched controls. If not otherwise marked, the point estimate is median and dispersion 5–95%-tile. All variables in the table were matching variables, except for the two Lead Days variables. The Patient-Centred Team (PACT)-study, Norway 2014–16

From: Person-centred, integrated and pro-active care for multi-morbid elderly with advanced care needs: a propensity score-matched controlled trial

  

Controls

Intervention

p

Unit

N

Point estimate

Dispersion

N

Point estimate

Dispersion

 

Sex (%)

male

779

41%

NA

439

41%

NA

0.51

Year at inclusion (%)

in 2015

779

51%

NA

439

51%

NA

0.98

Age (mean/SD)

years

779

78.81

8.68

439

80.02

8.72

0.02

m-PARR30. 2Y (mean/SD)

Score

779

2.19

0.57

439

2.16

0.61

0.49

DRG points. 1Y

Sum

779

2.20

0.03–12.65

439

2.70

0.32–14.79

0.10

# Main diagnoses, 1Y

Count

779

3

1–8

439

3

0–8

0.30

# Bi-diagnoses 1Y

Count

779

3

0–13

439

3

0–12

0.05

# Long-term Diagnoses.

Count

779

11

2–29

439

11

3–28

0.41

m-PARR30, 2Y

Score

779

2.15

1.30–3.16

439

2.09

1.33–3.20

0.10

Elixhauser, 2Y

Score

779

5

0–20

439

5

0–20

0.28

Emergency Inpt Adm. 1Y

Count

779

2

0–8

439

1

0–7

0.05

Emergency Inpt Adm, 30d

Count

779

1

0–4

439

1

0–2

0.96

Emergency Bed days, 30d

Sum

779

2

0–15

439

3

0–16

0.03

Emergency Bed days, 1Y

Sum

779

6

0–52

439

6

0–55

0.86

Emergency Outpt visit, 30d

Count

779

0

0–1

439

0

0–1

0.43

Emergency Outpt visit, 1Y

Count

779

0

0–3

439

0

0–3

0.95

30d Readmissions, 1Y

Count

779

0

0–1

439

0

0–2

0.26

Planned Inpt Adm, 1Y

Count

779

0

0–4

439

0

0–2

0.04

Planned Inpt Adm 30d

Count

779

0

0–1

439

0

0–1

0.74

Planned Outpt visit, 1Y

Count

779

2

0–21

439

2

0–18

0.22

Planned Outpt visit, 30D

Count

779

0

0–3

439

0

0–3

0.06

Lead Days

Count

779

0

0–9

439

4

0–30

< 0.001

Quintile Lead Days (%)

Q 1 + 2

779

78%

NA

439

20%

NA

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: N Number of patients, # Number of, p-probability, SD Standard deviation, m-PARR30 modified PARR score [76], Elixhauser score – Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure [77], DRG Diagnosis Related Groups [64], Readmissions – New emergency admission within 30 days of last hospital discharge, Inpt Inpatient, Adm Admission, Outpt Outpatient. Main-diagnosis: The current diagnosis which caused admission. Bi-diagnoses: Other diagnoses relevant for the care of the current problem
  2. Time spans: 1Y - Last year prior, 2Y – Last 2 years prior, 30d – Last 30 days prior
  3. Statistics: P-values for two-sided t-tests (continuous normal variables) Wilcoxon rank-sum test (continuous non-normal variables) and Chi2-test (discrete variables) for difference between control and intervention groups
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