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Table 4 Reduction across ICD-9 Chapters in the 12 months before-after analysis

From: Case management intervention of high users of the emergency department of a Portuguese hospital: a before-after design analysis

 

Before

After

Variation

Diseases of the Digestive System

54

21

-61%*

Mental Disorders

237

97

-59%*

Diseases of the Genitourinary System

121

52

-57%*

Injury and Poisoning

133

61

-54%*

Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services

63

29

-54%*

Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions

331

169

-49%*

Diseases of the Circulatory System

95

52

-45%*

Diseases of the Respiratory System

98

67

-32%*

Neoplasms

5

1

-80%

Diseases of the Blood System and Blood-forming Organs

26

6

-77%

Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injury and Poisoning

17

7

-59%

Disease of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

12

5

-58%

Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs

74

33

-55%

Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disease and Immunity Disorders

34

16

-53%

Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

100

61

-39%

Infectious and Parasitic Disease

12

11

-8%

  1. * p < 0.05, one-tailed t-test for the reduction in mean