Table 2.
Medical Conditions Qualifying Patients for Inclusion in Trial.*
| Principal Diagnosis Group | Flexible Programs | Standard Programs | Difference in Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Year (N-61,194) |
Pretrial Year (N = 60,757) |
Trial Year (N = 71,662) |
Pretrial Year (N = 70,972) |
||
| percent | percentage points | ||||
| Septicemia | 18.3 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 16.7 | −0.2 |
| Congestive heart failure | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| Stroke | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 0.2 |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 9.3 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | −0.5 |
| Coronary atherosclerosis | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | −0.3 |
| Renal failure | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | −0.4† |
| Pneumonia | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.6‡ | 0.5 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, or bronchitis | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | −0.3 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | −0.2 |
| Acute respiratory disorder | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| Cellulitis | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | <0.1 |
| Syncope | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Chest pain | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Intestinal infection | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| Acute pancreatitis | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
*
Details regarding principal diagnosis codes in the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) and ICD-10 are provided in Table S3 in the Supplementary Appendix. The t-test was used to assess the difference between the pretrial year and the trial year in the mean percentage of patients who had each qualifying condition within each group and to assess the between-group difference in the change between trial years.
†
P<0.01.
‡
P<0.05.