Table 3.

Significance of fidelity of implementation (FOI) rank (based on average FOI for eight intervention components) in predicting improved patient outcomes

	FOI rank (facility)
Patient outcomes at year 1	2 (A)	3 (C)	4 (B)
All-cause hospital admissions	.71	< .001*	.26
CHF hospital admissions	.72	< .05*	.57
All-cause hospital days of care	.33	< .001*	.27
CHF hospital days of care	.20	< .01*	.85
Mortality	.67	< .05a*	.16

^aFOI was not significant for the first five months (p = .40), but after that, FOI = 3 predicted better survival (p < .05).

* p < .05.

CHF = chronic heart failure.