Re-admissions to hospital and patient satisfaction among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after telemedicine video consultation - a retrospective pilot study

Table 6 Mean length of hospital stays before and after TVC during comparable time periods (all patients)

Hospital stays	Within 12 months prior to TVC	Within 12 months following TVC	Within 6 months prior to TVC	Within 6 months following TVC
Days	11.6	6.3^*	7.1	4.5^**
[mean (SEM)]	(2.16)	(0.80)	(1,92)	(0.64)

Mean length of hospital stays (days) before and after TVC during comparable time periods in all patients followed for 6 months (n = 99) and for 12 months (n = 56) after TVC.
^*p = 0.023, ^**p = 0.200 (Paired t-test).