Table 3.
Characterization of HF hospitalization length and cost of HF events of the study population before and after GEstIC admission.
| Study population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF hospitalization | Before GEstIC | After GEstIC | Variation | p-value* |
| Total length, days | 4,488 | 864 | 3,624 | |
| Average length of stay/patient, days (SD) | 15.6 (15.8) | 3.0 (7.8) | 12.6 (15.0) | <0.001 |
| Total cost, € | 1,923,332.40 | 370,267.20 | 1,553,065.20 | |
| Average cost/patient, € (SD) | 6,701.51 (6,770.01) | 1,290.13 (3,331.21) | 5,411.38 (6,423.61) | <0.001 |
| Urgent HF visits | ||||
| Total cost, € | 20,848.68 | 12,700.92 | 8,147.76 | |
| Average cost/patient, € (SD) | 72.64 (166.84) | 44.25 (121.25) | 28.39 (161.55) | 0.005 |
| HF events# | ||||
| Total cost, € | 1,944,181.08 | 382,968.12 | 1,561,212.96 | |
| Average cost/patient, € (SD) | 6,774.15 (6,808.27) | 1,334.38 (3,347.76) | 5,439.77 (6,446.71) | <0.001 |
#
HF Events = HF hospitalizations + urgent HF visits.
*
Wilcoxon signed rank test with continuity correction for paired samples.