Event rate comparison between hospital and community pathways
Months | Community pathway | Hospital pathway | Rate ratio community:hospital (95% CI) | P value | ||
Patients at risk* | Death/person months | Patients at risk* | Death/person months | |||
24 | 5224 | 0.0073 (1215/166 255) | 5040 | 0.0094 (1507/160 881) | 0.780 (0.722 to 0.841) | <0.0001 |
48 | 2316 | 0.0076 (1920/252 467) | 2145 | 0.0081 (1978/243 533) | 0.936 (0.879 to 0.998) | 0.04 |
72 | 254 | 0.0079 (2220/280 584) | 223 | 0.0082 (2214/268 890) | 0.960 (0.905 to 1.020) | 0.18 |
*Number of patients alive/at risk of outcome of death