Table 2.

Variation in mortality and high cost admissions by diagnosis and transplant hospital status

Primary CV diagnosis	Mortality			High cost (in the top quartile)
	Non-transplant hospital	Transplant hospital	p-value	Non-transplant hospital	Transplant hospital	p-value
MI (410.x)	7.0%	7.9%	0.68	44.3%	51.2%	0.10
	(27/383)	(24/305)		(143/323)	(125/244)
Stroke (997.x/436/437.1)	5.7%	3.5%	0.17	41.1%	45.1%	0.34
	(14/247)	(16/461)		(85/207)	(185/410)
CHF (428.x)	3.4%	2.3%	0.04	23.1%	24.1%	0.48
	(72/2110)	(46/1968)		(417/1807)	(389/1614)
Dysrhythmia (427.x)	4.7%	4.0%	0.25	21.5%	27.3%	< 0.001
	(101/2138)	(81/2027)		(395/1838)	(466/1704)
Cardiac arrest (427.5/997.1)	34.1%	31.4%	0.69	57.3%	73.5%	0.03
	(29/85)	(32/102)		(43/75)	(61/83)
Malignant HTN (402.x)	0	0		9.3%	13.2%	0.49
				(5/54)	(10–76)