Table A5.

Results showing the effectiveness of the propensity score matching among patients with cardiovascular diseases.

	Summary of balance for all data
	Means Treated	Means Control	SD Control	Mean Diff	eQQ Med	eQQ Mean	eQQ Max
Distance	0.2337	0.182	0.0916	0.0517	0.0463	0.0517	0.1126
Age in years	67.9767	68.2904	13.7438	–0.3137	1	0.5933	3
CDS	5121.7543	5853.2708	5314.8696	–731.5165	723	731.95	8342
Ded_high	0.1071	0.0879	0.2831	0.0192	0	0.0192	1
Geneva	0.0506	0.1467	0.3538	–0.0961	0	0.0961	1
Mittelland	0.2045	0.189	0.3915	0.0155	0	0.0155	1
Northwest	0.2474	0.1372	0.3441	0.1102	0	0.1102	1
East	0.2091	0.128	0.3341	0.0812	0	0.0812	1
Ticino	0.0009	0.0816	0.2737	–0.0806	0	0.0806	1
Central	0.0382	0.0792	0.2701	–0.041	0	0.041	1
Zurich	0.2492	0.2384	0.4261	0.0109	0	0.0109	1
No. of hospitalised days	2.5988	3.4439	13.2891	–0.8451	0	0.8484	126
	Summary of balance for matched data
	Means Treated	Means Control	SD Control	Mean Diff	eQQ Med	eQQ Mean	eQQ Max
Distance	0.2337	0.2337	0.0662	0	0	0	0.0003
Age in years	67.9767	67.8084	13.5411	0.1683	0	0.4208	2
CDS	5121.7543	4974.4921	4685.194	147.2622	37	147.2622	9616
Ded_high	0.1071	0.104	0.3052	0.0031	0	0.0031	1
Geneva	0.0506	0.0516	0.2212	–0.001	0	0.001	1
Mittelland	0.2045	0.2063	0.4047	–0.0018	0	0.0018	1
Northwest	0.2474	0.2422	0.4284	0.0053	0	0.0053	1
East	0.2091	0.2083	0.4061	0.0008	0	0.0008	1
Ticino	0.0009	0.0009	0.0303	0	0	0	0
Central	0.0382	0.0378	0.1907	0.0004	0	0.0004	1
Zurich	0.2492	0.2529	0.4347	–0.0037	0	0.0037	1
No. of hospitalised days	2.5988	2.2298	8.943	0.369	0	0.369	92
	Percent Balance Improvement
	Mean Diff.	eQQ Med	eQQ Mean	eQQ Max
Distance	99.999	100	99.9974	99.7426
Age in years	46.348	100	29.0753	33.3333
CDS	79.8689	94.8824	79.8808	–15.2721
Ded_high	83.6103	0	83.5994	0
Geneva	98.9564	0	98.9565	0
Mittelland	88.3166	0	88.3094	0
Northwest	95.2223	0	95.2224	0
East	98.9701	0	98.9701	0
Ticino	100	0	100	100
Central	99.1171	0	99.1174	0
Zurich	66.4629	0	66.4962	0
No. of hospitalised days	56.3321	0	56.5015	26.9841