Table 4.

Utilization by New York Heart Association Class, Race/Ethnicity and Adherence

	NYHA CLASS 2 TSM N = 13	NYHA CLASS 2 COM N = 18	NYHA CLASS 3 TSM N = 33	NYHA CLASS 3 COM N = 40	BLACK TSM SUBJECTS N = 31	BLACK COM SUBJECTS N = 41	HISPANIC TSM SUBJECTS N = 15	HISPANIC COM SUBJECTS N = 17	LOW ADHERENCE TSM SUBJECTS N = 23	HIGH ADHERENCE TSM SUBJECTS N = 23
ED visits (binary ≥1 visit)	7.7%	44.4%	42.4%	45.0%	32.3%	48.8%	33.3%	35.3%	34.8%	30.4%
p-Value	0.08*				0.16		0.91		a0.75
Hospitalization (binary ≥1 visit)	15.4%	27.8%	51.5%	42.5%	38.7%	43.9%	46.7%	23.5%	52.2%	30.4%
p-Value	0.29*				0.66		0.17		0.13
LOS (days)	1.00 (2.83)	1.06 (2.31)	6.82 (8.88)	4.68 (7.90)	5.23 (8.48)	4.0 (7.25)	5.07 (7.45)	2.47 (5.91)	7.74 (9.74)	2.61 (4.97)
p-Value	0.03**				0.93**		0.17**		0.01

Bold values indicate significance at the < 0.05 level.

^*Group × NYHA class interaction.

^**Kruskal–Wallis test.