Table 4.
Intraclass correlation coefficients for the outcomes variables of study
| |
Usual care |
Care pathways |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome variables | ICC | 95% CI | ICC | 95% CI |
| LOS (days)* |
0.020 |
0.000-0.184 |
0.063 |
0.007-0.311 |
| Cost (€)* |
0.046 |
0.001-0.265 |
0.001 |
0.000-0.107 |
| In-hospital mortality† |
0.001 |
0.000-0.003 |
0.001 |
0.000-0.003 |
| Disease Severity at Discharge (NYHA)† |
0.182 |
0.062-0.554 |
0.000 |
0.000-0.076 |
| AOS† |
0.203 |
0.059-0.436 |
0.069 |
0.003-0.155 |
| Unscheduled readmission† | 0.004 | 0.000-0.036 | 0.010 | 0.000-0.046 |
DE: Design effect, AOS: Appropriateness of the stay, NYHA: New York Heart Association, CI: confidence interval.
*Ordinal or Continuous variable.
†Binary variables.