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Table 2 Pre and post plan summary results of emergency visits and hospital admissions

From: Evaluation of the use of individualized patient care plans in frequent emergency department visitors with pain complaints

 

Emergency department

Pre

Post

Post minus pre

p-value*

Median (IQR)

20 (11 to 29)

6 (3 to 13)

−11 (−18 to −3)

< 0.001

Groups n (%)

    

 0 to 3

15 (5%)

90 (31%)

 

< 0.0001

 4 to 10

57 (19%)

107 (36%)

 

< 0.0001

 11 to 20

84 (29%)

54 (18%)

 

< 0.0001

 21 to 30

69 (23%)

27 (9%)

 

< 0.0001

 31 to 40

32 (11%)

9 (3.1%)

 

< 0.0001

 41 or more

37 (13%)

7 (2.4%)

  

Change group n (%)

   

 Increase of 1 or more

 

31 (11%)

 

 No change

  

10 (3.4%)

 

 Decrease of 1 to 5

 

57 (19%)

 

 Decrease 6 to 15

  

103 (35%)

 

 Decrease of 16 to 25

 

53 (18%)

 

 Decrease of 26 or more

 

40 (14%)

 
 

Hospital admissions

Pre

Post

Post minus pre

p-value*

 

3 (1 to 7)

1 (0 to 3)

−1 (−4 to 0)

< 0.001

Groups n (%)

    

 Zero

69 (23%)

142 (48%)

 

< 0.0001

 1 to 2

72 (24%)

72 (24%)

 

< 0.0001

 3 to 5

59 (20%)

42 (14%)

 

< 0.0001

 6 to 10

58 (20%)

24 (8%)

 

0.0001

 11 or more

36 (12%)

14 (5%)

  

Change group n (%)

   

 Increase of 1 or more

 

41 (14%)

 

 No change

  

79 (27%)

 

 Decrease of 1 or 2

 

66 (22%)

 

 Decrease of 3 to 5

 

53 (18%)

 

 Decrease of 6 to 10

 

38 (13%)

 

 Decrease of 11 or more

 

17 (5.8%)

 
  1. IQR is interquartile range. *p-value to determine differences between pre and post was the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and to determine differences in proportions was the McNemar test
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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