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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Congest Heart Fail. 2012 Sep 9;19(1):16–24. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2012.00308.x

Table 3.

Outcomes According to Adherence Status (N=308)

Outcome Good Adherence (N=110) Not Good Adherence (N=198) Incidence Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) P
Resource utilization (per 100 person years)
All cause hospitalizations 87.8 107.6 0.82 (0.69, 0.97) 0.018
Heart failure hospitalizations 29.6 43.8 0.68 (0.51, 0.90) 0.007
All-cause emergency department visits 41.4 66.9 0.62 (0.49, 0.78) <0.001
Heart failure-related emergency department visits 8.2 17.2 0.48 (0.28, 0.80) 0.005
Total all-cause hospitalized days 422 465 0.91 (0.84, 0.98) 0.015
Total heart failure related hospitalized days 228 282 0.81 (0.73, 0.90) <0.001
Health Status - Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Scores
Overall Summary Score 70.1±24.6 63.8±22.8 0.011
Clinical Summary Score 75.3±22.8 68.6±21.6 0.003