Use of healthcare resources# (rate per year) during the follow-up
| IC | UC | p-value | |
| Subjects | 65 | 90 | |
| Follow-up time days¶ | |||
| Barcelona | 297±115 | 319±100 | 0.088 |
| Leuven | 365 | 365 | |
| Nurse home visits within the programme | |||
| Barcelona | 3 (1–10) | ||
| Leuven | NP | ||
| Doctor visits | |||
| Barcelona+ | 2 (0–4) | 2 (1–4) | 0.437 |
| Leuven GPs at home | 10 (7–18) | 13 (9–27) | 0.454 |
| Phone calls patient-triggered | |||
| Barcelona | 2 (0–8) | ||
| Leuven | 0 (0–0) | ||
| Phone calls follow-up intervention | |||
| Barcelona | 1 (1–3) | ||
| Leuven | 2 (0–3) |
Data are presented as n, mean±sd or median (25th percentile–75th percentile). IC: integrated care; UC: usual care; NP: not planned; GP: general practitioner. #: expressed as the number of visits per patient and follow-up time; ¶: all subjects were included until the last day of follow-up or date of exclusion, whichever was first; +: includes unplanned visits to the GP, specialist outside the hospital, pneumologist from the hospital, private doctors, domiciliary visits from the primary care team and visits to the day hospital.