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Table 2 Incidence rate (IR) of wheezing-related outcomes before and after following a Diagnostic Therapeutic Educational Pathway (DTEP), % differences between IRs and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of after-to-before DTEP IRs, according to children’s age

From: Impact of a diagnostic therapeutic educational pathway program for asthma management in preschool children

Health outcome

Before-DTEP

After-DTEP

% difference

after-before DTEP rates

IRR (95% CI)a

p-value

Age (years)

No.

IR per 1000 (95% CI)

No.

IR per 1000 (95% CI)

Hospitalization

 0–2

198

241.9 (209.4–278.0)

71

65.5 (51.2–82.7)

−72.9

0.27 (0.20–0.36)

p < 0.0001

 3–5

101

162.9 (132.7–197.9)

43

31.9(23.1–43.0)

−80.4

0.20 (0.13–0.28)

p < 0.0001

Emergency room visit

 0–2

389

564.4 (509.7–623.4)

261

256.1 (226.0–289.2)

−54.6

0.45 (0.39–0.53)

p < 0.0001

 3–5

99

202.9 (164.9–247.1)

145

121.8 (102.7–143.3)

−40.0

0.60 (0.46–0.78)

p = 0.0001

Outpatient services

 0–2

293

425.1 (377.8–476.7)

530

520.1 (476.8–566.3)

+ 22.3

1.22 (1.06–1.42)

p = 0.0053

 3–5

172

352.6 (301.9–409.4)

400

335.9 (303.8–370.5)

−4.7

0.95 (0.79–1.15)

p = 0.59

Drug Prescription

 0–2

10,532

13,156.0 (12,905.9–13,409.7)

12,784

12,025.4 (11,817.8–12,235.7)

−8.6

0.91 (0.89–0.94)

p < 0.0001

 3–5

6670

11,175.4 (10,910.6–11,445.0)

10,264

8223.2 (8067.5–8381.0)

−26.4

0.74 (0.71–0.76)

p < 0.0001

  1. DTEP Diagnostic-Therapeutic-Educational Pathway, CI Confidence interval. aPoisson regression for repeated measures