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. 2008 Sep 9;8:22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-22

Table 2.

Treatment and crude mortality among transferred v non-transferred patients and rural v urban patients

Non-Transferred
N = 132,765
Transferred
N = 51,530
Urban
N = 148,471
Rural
N = 35,824
Continuous Variables

Mean Mean p-value Mean Mean p-value

Length of Stay 8.2 5.9 < 0.001 7.9 5.9 < 0.001
Categorical Variables

% % % %

ASA if Eligible 84 89 < 0.001 87 82 < 0.001
Beta Blocker if Eligible 50 57 < 0.001 54 44 < 0.001
ACE-I if Eligible 33 21 < 0.001 31 28 < 0.001
Thrombolytics if Eligible 53 71 < 0.001 58 62 < 0.001
Tobacco Cessation Counseling 6 6 0.02 6 5 < 0.001
Died Within 30 Days 19 11 < 0.001 16 18 < 0.001