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Table 1 Patient Characteristics – Overall Cohort and Patients with Urgent and Elective CVD-related Hospitalization Outcomes

From: Can high-cost spending in the community signal admission to hospital? A dynamic modeling study for urgent and elective cardiovascular patients

 

Overall Cohort

(n = 74,683)

Patients with Elective CVD-related Hospitalization Outcome

(n = 1482)

Patients with Urgent CVD-related Hospitalization Outcome

(n = 6047)

Chi-Square

p Value

Characteristics

% (n)

   

 % rural

9.52 (7110)

11.20 (166)

11.15 (674)

0.9519

 % male

51.76 (38655)

75.17 (1114)

51.91 (3139)

< 0.0001

 % senior

54.75 (40886)

48.58 (720)

71.14 (4302)

< 0.0001

 Average age

66.63 (SD 13.15)

64.47 (SD 10.35)

71.96 (SD 12.77)

< 0.0001

 Patient income

   

0.0020

  % high income

20.32 (15172)

20.51 (304)

18.34 (1109)

 

  % low income

19.52 (14580)

18.83 (279)

22.39 (1354)

 

  Average ADG score

7.47 (SD 3.77)

6.67 (SD 3.47)

7.81 (3.87)

< 0.0001

 Primary Care Model

  FFS

16.35 (12207)

16.60 (246)

17.05

0.7268

  Health Team

78.68 (58758)

78.68 (1166)

77.31 (4675)

 

  Other

4.98 (3718)

4.27 (70)

5.64 (341)

 

Patient Outcomes

 % died during follow-up

15.23 (11371)

 

 % elective hospitalization

1.98 (1482)

 

 % urgent hospitalization

8.09 (6047)

 

 % no event

74.63 (55738)

 

Baseline CVD condition

 AMI

14.38 (10736)

13.02 (193)

21.04 (1272)

< 0.0001

 Arrhythmia

30.90 (23076)

18.89 (280)

31.83 (1925)

< 0.0001

 CHF

18.15 (13554)

14.91 (221)

32.89 (1989)

< 0.0001

 Coronary Syndrome

46.01 (34364)

80.31 (1190)

45.82 (2771)

< 0.0001

 Stroke

13.63 (10180)

4.39 (65)

14.98 (906)

< 0.0001

Baseline Co-morbidities

 Diabetes

26.89 (20085)

37.18 (551)

38.04 (2300)

0.5427

 Hypertension

65.62 (49010)

67.21 (996)

78.02 (4718)

< 0.0001

 COPD

10.01 (7477)

7.29 (108)

15.25 (922)

< 0.0001

 Renal Failure

3.83 (2858)

3.44 (51)

7.54 (456)

< 0.0001

 Mood Disorders

16.79 (12541)

10.53 (156)

14.32 (866)

0.0001

  1. CVD Cardiovascular disease, AMI Acute myocardial infarction, ADG Aggregated diagnosis groups, FFS Fee for service