Table 2 Rates of service utilisation before and after case conferences
Full results | Excluding service utilisation outlier | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre CC | Post CC | Difference (95% CI) | P | Pre CC | Post CC | Difference (95% CI) | P | |
ED admissions (annualised number) | 13.9 | 2.1 | 11.8 (2.2 – 21.3) | 0.001 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 8.0 (2.2 – 13.8) | 0.001 |
ED admissions not leading to hospital admission (annualised number) | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3.5 (−0.4 – 7.5) | 0.05 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 (−0.2 – 3.9) | 0.09 |
Number of hospital admissions (annualised number) | 11.4 | 3.5 | 7.9 (2.2 – 13.7) | 0.002 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 (1.5 – 10.6) | 0.003 |
Length of stay (days) | 7.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 (0.9 – 5.8) | 0.007 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 (0.9 – 6.0) | 0.009 |