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Table 2 Outcome variables of the present study in clusters

From: Intraclass correlation coefficients for cluster randomized trials in care pathways and usual care: hospital treatment for heart failure

No

n

LOS* (days)

Cost (€)*

NYHA†class at discharge

Mortality†

AOS†

UR†

II

III

IV

CP 1

30

10.97 (5.44)

2227.30 (591.83)

42.9

53.6

3.6

6.7

96.7

6.7

CP 2

30

13.13 (5.94)

2171.77 (470.22)

39.3

57.1

3.6

3.3

73.3

0.0

CP 3

31

9.13 (4.33)

2077.87 (550.71)

48.3

51.7

0.0

6.5

77.4

9.7

CP 4

30

8.27 (4.82)

2113.47 (550.89)

46.4

50.0

3.6

6.7

73.3

13.3

CP 5

31

10.35 (4.72)

2089.52 (482.24)

31.0

65.5

3.4

6.5

58.1

6.5

CP 6

31

9.48 (4.86)

1969.10 (571.62)

50.0

46.7

3.3

3.2

64.5

16.1

CP 7

31

11.13 (4.98)

2234.29 (489.18)

31.0

65.5

3.4

6.5

90.3

3.2

Total CP

214

10.35 (5.17)

2125.56 (530.93)

41.3

55.7

3.0

5.6

76.2

7.9

UC 8

30

12.33 (7.63)

2207.53 (591.92)

24.0

64.0

12.0

16.7

83.3

13.3

UC 9

30

10.93 (6.11)

2322.50 (488.25)

45.5

40.9

13.6

20.0

76.7

10.0

UC10

32

10.13 (5.83)

2290.13 (525.57)

23.1

61.5

15.4

15.6

78.1

12.5

UC11

31

11.26 (6.00)

2243.74 (480.45)

11.1

74.1

14.8

12.9

77.4

16.1

UC12

30

9.43 (6.13)

2380.37 (719.91)

8.0

84.0

8.0

16.7

90.0

20.0

UC13

30

11.70 (6.82)

2150.43 (613.75)

25.9

66.7

7.4

10.0

76.7

23.3

UC 14

32

14.06 (7.65)

1898.31 (490.99)

77.8

22.2

0.0

15.6

25.0

3.1

Total UC

215

11.42 (6.69)

2211.21 (574.76)

30.7

59.2

10.1

15.3

72.1

14.0

  1. No: number of cluster; n: cluster size; LOS: length of hospital stay; NYHA: New York Heart Association, AOS: Appropriateness of the stay; UR: Unscheduled readmission.
  2. *Continuous variables (mean (SD)).
  3. †Ordinal or Binary variable (%).