Of the 215 people in the intervention group, 13 were never seen by
nurse practitioners: 3 died and 10 declined to be visited. The remaining 202 people received a mean (SD) of 10.93.2 visits during the
three-year study period. Forty-nine people did not complete the program because they died (20 participants), moved out of the area (13),
moved to a nursing home (9), or refused to continue (7)