In particular, they consist of hospital inpatient, ambulatory visits (consisting of hospital outpatient and physician office-based), emergency room and prescription drug/medical supplies, home health provider, and vision and dental utilization expenditures.
The follow-up time takes 24 months with three-monthly follow-up visits consisting of physical examination, laboratory testing including tumor markers and protocol CT scans.
During on-site visits consisting of personal interviews and visits of key hospital facilities (e.g. outpatient department, operation room, laboratory), the number of patients admitted because of physical or psychological sequelae of sexual violence during the observation period was retrieved.
They received 0, 1, 2, or 3 SMT sessions per week (0, 6, 12, or 18 total SMT visits) with control visits, consisting of light massage, on non-manipulation visits.
The planned duration of follow-up is 5 years, with three-monthly follow-up visits consisting of a physical examination, laboratory tests (including tumour marker determination) and imaging (alternating between chest and abdomino-pelvic CT scan and abdominal ultrasound), over the first 2 years.
On average hospitalized cases had 1.62 ± 0.80 ambulatory visits, consisting of 0.61 ± 0.62 visits to a hospital outpatient department, 0.52 ± 0.77 to an emergency room, 0.23 ± 0.43 to a pharmacy, 0.23 ± 0.43 to a private clinic, and 0.03 ± 0.18 to a primary health care center.
