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Table 3 Implementation of the intervention

From: Health care utilization and cost after discharge from a mental health hospital; an RCT comparing community residential aftercare and treatment as usual

Variable

All (n = 41)

Intervention (N = 21)

Control (N = 20)

P-value

Discharged to

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

 Home

11(27%)

0 (0%)

11 (55%)

 

 CMHC

9 (22%)

0 (0%)

9 (45%)

 

 CRA

21 (51%)

21 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Number of hospital inpatient days from index admission to discharge from MHH

 Mean (SD)

18.3 (26.9)

20.4 (30.9)

16.1 (22.5)

 

 Median (IQR), range

11 (5–16), 113

9 (4.3–17.5), 112.5

12.5 (6.5–16), 107

.531

Number of hospital inpatient days from index admission to date of randomisation (baseline)

 Mean (SD)

11.4 (19.9)

16,6 (26.9)

6.0 (4.1)

 

 Median (IQR), range

6 (3–10.5), 90

6 (2.5–13), 90

6 (3–8.5), 14

.495

Number of hospital inpatient days from date of randomisation (baseline) to discharge date

 Mean (SD)

6.9 (15.4)

3.8 (5.8)

10.1 (21.1)

 

 Median (IQR), range

3 (1–7), 97.5

1 (1–4), 23.5

4.5 (1.3–10), 97.0

.023

Length of stay at an institution immediately after discharge from the mental health hospital

 CMHC

  Mean (SD)

5.9 (12.8)

0 (0)

12 (16.4)

 

  Median (IQR), range

0 (0–0), 55

0 (0–0), 0

0 (0–23), 55

 

 CRA

  Mean (SD)

24.1 (35.6)

45.9 (37.6)

0 (0)

 

  Median (IQR), range

1.5 (0–44), 176

44 (28–58), 175

0 (0–0), 0

 
  1. MHH Mental health hospital, CMHC Community mental health centre, CRA Community residential aftercare