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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2011 Jul;49(7):662–667. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821d98b2

Table 2.

Unadjusted outcomes for white and black patients who are transferred to revascularization hospitals

Characteristic White (n=25947) Black (n=2345) p value
AMI risk-standardized mortality rate at receiving hospital, mean (95% CI) 15.9 (15.8-15.9) 15.9 (15.8-16.0) 0.054
Quintile of AMI risk-standardized mortality rate at receiving hospital (%) 0.07
    1 (10.8 -14.7%) 32.5 32.2
    2 (14.8 -15.7%) 19.5 19.6
    3 (15.8 -16.5%) 15.9 15.2
    4 (16.6 -17.5%) 16.3 18.4
    5 (17.6 - 22.1%) 15.9 14.5
LOS at sending hospital, days
    median (IQR) 1 (1-3) 2 (1-4) <0.001
    mean (SD) 2.39 (2.8) 3.04 (3.6) <0.001
LOS at receiving hospital, days
    median (IQR) 4 (2-8) 4 (2-8) 0.29
    mean (SD) 6.28 (7.4) 6.70 (8.2) 0.02
PCI or CABG at receiving hospital, % 63 57 <0.001

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; LOS, length of stay; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; Sd, standard deviation