Table 2 Patient characteristics and resource utilizationa
From: Fidelity of implementation: development and testing of a measure
Patient characteristics | Facility A (N = 189) | Facility B (N = 44) | Facility C (N = 82) | Facility D (N = 142) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 65.1 (10.1) | 68.2 (10.2) | 65.8 (10.6) | 64.9 (11.3) | .3661 |
Other race besides white, frequency (%) | 19 (12%) | 3 (8%) | 9 (14%) | 83 (66%) | < .0001* |
Comorbidities | 3.7 (1.9) | 3.3 (1.4) | 3.3 (1.9) | 2.1 (1.8) | < .0001* |
Baseline patient resource utilization | Â | Â | Â | ||
All-cause hospital admissions | 1.2 (1.5) | 0.5 (0.8) | 1.4 (1.8) | 0.9 (1.2) | .0011* |
CHF hospital admissions | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.2 (0.6) | .1367 |
All-cause hospital days of care | 6.8 (11.1) | 4.7 (8.6) | 8.3 (13.5) | 4.5 (8.2) | .0408* |
CHF hospital days of care | 2.2 (7.8) | 0.9 (2.6) | 1.8 (4.1) | 1.2 (4.1) | .4424 |
Year 1 inpatient resource utilization | Â | Â | Â | ||
All-cause hospital admissions | 0.9 (1.4) | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.5 (1.1) | .0080* |
CHF hospital admissions | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.2 (0.8) | 0.04 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | .0977 |
All-cause hospital days of care | 5.4 (10.9) | 3.8 (8.2) | 2.1 (5.3) | 2.6 (7.3) | .0087* |
CHF hospital days of care | 1.2 (4.2) | 1.2 (5.4) | 0.1 (1.6) | 0.4 (0.8) | .0275* |
Year 1 mortality | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mortality, frequency (%) | 18 (10%) | 5 (11%) | 11 (8%) | 6 (7%) | .8240 |