Table 4:
Healthcare Utilization by Cluster Membership
| Emergency Department | Hospitalizations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted** | |||||
| Weary Cluster | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value |
| None | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | ||||
| Some | 1.66 | <0.001 | 1.45 | <0.001 | 1.72 | <0.001 | 1.35 | 0.001 |
| All | 3.64 | <0.001 | 2.83 | <0.001 | 2.79 | <0.001 | 1.92 | <0.001 |
| Exertional Cluster | ||||||||
| None | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | ||||
| Some | 1.25 | 0.01 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 1.31 | 0.002 | 0.97 | 0.74 |
| All | 1.59 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 0.66 | 1.72 | <0.001 | 0.98 | 0.85 |
| Palpitations | ||||||||
| No | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | ||||
| Yes | 1.86 | <0.001 | 1.18 | 0.04 | 1.74 | <0.001 | 1.27 | 0.002 |
*
adjusted for gender, age, AF type, history of ablation, current AAD, heart failure, body mass index, coronary disease, left ventricular ejection fraction, history of AF
**
adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, AF type, history of ablation, current AAD, heart failure, body mass index, coronary disease, left ventricular ejection fraction, history of AF