Quality of life of older frail persons receiving a post-discharge program

Table 3 Service characteristics

Service	Percentage of patients who received that service	Time spent in hours (mean sd)*
Case Management	100%	19.86 (12.44)
Physiotherapy	92%	9.41 (8.76)
Occupational Therapy	88%	11.28 (11.70)
Personal Care	87%	29.04 (29.20)
Nursing	76%	8.88 (11.71)
Home Care	37%	16.92 (19.74)
Allied Health Assistant	37%	7.71 (8.36)
Social Work	35%	4.30 (5.29)
Dietetics	33%	3.74 (3.65)
Podiatry	29%	1.45 (3.13)
Total Direct Contact Time**	100%	66.23 (52.74)

Notes: *Represents the service time in hours per person for the duration of the transition care episode of care (average seven weeks). Expected value can be obtained by multiplying the service time by the percentage of patients who received that service.
**Direct Contact time does not include Case Management time and represents the average per person in the study.

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