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Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2011 Oct 8;13(5):448–452. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.09.001

Table 2. Association of cardiology care with overall, pre-admission and in-hospital estimation of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) among nursing home residents hospitalized with heart failure (HF).

	% (events/total)		Absolute difference (%)	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	P value
LVSF evaluation	Cardiology consultation
LVSF evaluation	No	Yes
Pre-admission (in patients with known HF) (n=494)
Unadjusted	12% (38/321)	38% (66/173)	+ 26%	4.59 (2.91–7.25) 3.49	<0.001
Adjusted^*	---	---	---	(2.16–5.66)	<0.001
In-hospital (in patients HF and unknown LVEF); n=452
Unadjusted	28% (93/333)	71% (85/119)	+ 43%	6.45 (4.06–10.26)	<0.001
Adjusted^†	---	---	---	6.01 (3.69–9.79)	<0.001

Adjusted for age, sex, race, new heart failure diagnosis, coronary artery disease, serum creatinine, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, dementia, teaching hospital, rural hospital, and hospital with <100 beds

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Adjusted for age, sex, race, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, dementia, rural hospital, and hospital with <100 beds