Table 2.
In‐Hospital Outcomes Within 7 Days After Hospitalizationa
| Variable | Unmatched | Propensity Score Matched | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Accreditation | After Accreditation | P Value | Before Accreditation | After Accreditation | P Value | |
| n | 7544 | 7800 | 6700 | 6700 | ||
| MACE, n (%) | 636 (8.4) | 498 (6.4) | <0.001 | 539 (8.0) | 448 (6.7) | 0.003 |
| All‐cause death, n (%) | 120 (1.6) | 88 (1.1) | 0.016 | 107 (1.6) | 75 (1.1) | 0.021 |
| Cardiac death, n (%) | 114 (1.5) | 85 (1.1) | 0.025 | 101 (1.5) | 72 (1.1) | 0.032 |
| Reinfarction, n (%) | 18 (0.2) | 11 (0.1) | 0.228 | 14 (0.2) | 10 (0.1) | 0.540 |
| Stent thrombosis, n (%) | 10 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 0.579 | 9 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 0.802 |
| Stroke, n (%) | 12 (0.2) | 8 (0.1) | 0.456 | 11 (0.2) | 7 (0.1) | 0.479 |
| Heart failure, n (%) | 547 (7.3) | 419 (5.4) | <0.001 | 459 (6.9) | 378 (5.6) | 0.004 |
Data are expressed as n (%). MACE indicates major adverse cardiovascular events.
a
Patients may have had >1 outcome in each category but were counted only once for overall events.