Table 2.
Nonelective hospital admissions and emergency department presentations within 12 months of commencing cardiac rehabilitation.
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Control (n=60) | Intervention (n=60) | Difference between groups (intervention-control) | P value | |
| Nonelective hospital admissions | |||||
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Proportion of participants who had at least one hospital admission (yes), n (%) | 10 (17) | 12 (20) | 2 (3) | .64 |
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Total number of admissions, n | 13 | 18 | 5 | .48 |
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Cardiac-related admissionsa, n (%) | 6 (46) | 12 (67) | 6 (10) | .22 |
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Time frame from cardiac rehabilitation to admission (d), mean (SD) | 131.50 (86.85) | 117.25 (94.30) | −14.25 (81.30) | .83 |
| Emergency department presentations | |||||
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Proportion who had an emergency department presentation (yes), n (%) | 15 (25) | 22 (37) | 7 (12) | .17 |
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Total number of emergency department presentations, n | 20 | 36 | 16 | .10 |
aCardiac-related admission determined using Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group codes (F01A to F10B, F12A to F12B, F14A to F19B, F22Z to F60B, F66A to F67B, and F69A to F76B).