Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics (N = 847)

	Audited (N = 468)	Not Audited (N = 379)
Number of separations	664	560
Age, mean (SD) (years)	77.9 (±10.4)	77.7 (±10.2)
Female (%)	345 (52%)	308 (55%)
Severity of CHF based on DRG code
F62A	236 (36%)	202 (36%)
F62B	428 (64%)	358 (64%)
Discharge destination
Private residence	530 (80%)	421 (75%)
Aged care facility	34 (5%)	24 (4%)
Transfer to other healthcare facility	95 (14%)	67 (12%)

Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, CHF chronic heart failure, DRG diagnostic-related group, F62A heart failure with catastrophic complications, F62B heart failure without catastrophic complications