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. 2019 Oct 14;16(20):3890. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16203890

Table 4.

Association of process measures with clinical outcomes among acute myocardial infarction patients.

Quality Indicators* In−Hospital Mortality Length of Stay
Adjusted β
(p Value)
Unadjusted β
(p Value)
Adjusted β
(p Value)
Unadjusted β
(p Value)
QI1 −0.0258 (0.9014) −0.0382 (0.8540) 0.1668 (0.1880) 0.2930 (0.0340)
QI2 0.1174 (0.6616) 0.1079 (0.6856) 0.1873 (0.2207) 0.2337 (0.1456)
QI3 0.0238 (0.8831) 0.0156 (0.9229) 0.5278 (<0.0001) 0.7994 (<0.0001)
QI4 0.5451 (0.1898) 0.6093 (0.1457) −0.4913 (0.0351) −0.4994 (0.0328)
QI5 0.0342 (0.8177) 0.0525 (0.7229) −0.2179 (0.0159) −0.2913 (0.0043)
QI6 0.0048 (0.9742) −0.0636 (0.6647) 0.4251 (<0.0001) 0.8413 (<0.0001)
QI7 −0.0786 (0.6057) −0.1535 (0.3110) 0.9974 (<0.0001) 1.5171 (<0.0001)
QI8 −0.1276 (0.4603) −0.2174 (0.2102) 1.2699 (<0.0001) 1.7515 (<0.0001)

* The definition of quality indicators (QIs) please refer to Table 3. All significant (p < 0.10) risks factors (listed in Table 1) in univariate analysis for patient characters were included in the hierarchical generalized linear model.