Table 2.

Patient characteristics and resource utilization^a

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
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
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
Mortality, frequency (%)	18 (10%)	5 (11%)	11 (8%)	6 (7%)	.8240

^aData are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise specified.

* p < .05.

CHF = chronic heart failure.