Table 2.
Analysis of medicare facilities switching from rECG to spECG during 2011–2014.
| Parameter | rECG | spECG |
% Reduction (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABG procedures, N | 2,167 | 3,235 | NA |
| SSI during index admission, N (%) | 39 (1.8) | 34 (1.1) | 39 (0.02) |
| SSI at 30 days, N (%) | 85 (3.9) | 70 (2.2) | 44 (<0.01) |
| SSI at 90 days, N (%) | 122 (5.6) | 126 (3.9) | 30 (0.03) |