Comparison of ED use between groups
| OUTCOME FOR EACH PATIENT | UNADJUSTED PERCENTAGES | MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPSITH PATIENTS, N (%) | NON-IPSITH PATIENTS, N (%) | ODDS RATIOS | PVALUE | 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL | |
| Analysis 1: All cases, including those for which severity was imputed (n = 82) | |||||
| • ≥ 1 ED visits during treatment period | 3 (3.7) | 17 (20.7) | 7.5 | .002 | 2.0–27.2 |
| • ≥ 1 ED visits following treatment | 12 (14.6) | 24† (29.6) | 2.3 | .034 | 1.1–5.1 |
| Analysis 2: Subset of cases for which actual severity data were available (n = 36) | |||||
| • ≥ 1 ED visits during treatment period | 1 (2.8) | 9 (25.0) | 15.6 | .017 | 1.6–149.0 |
| • ≥ 1 ED visits following treatment | 6 (16.7) | 12† (34.3) | 2.6 | .092 | 0.9–8.1 |
ED—emergency department, IPSITH—Integrating Physician Services in the Home.
↵* Controlling for differences in symptom severity.
↵† One nonresponse for ED visit during 6-week follow-up in non-IPSITH group; n = 81 for the cases where severity was imputed, and n = 35 for the subset with actual severity data.