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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2020 Apr;40(3):289–301. doi: 10.1177/0272989X20915227

Table 1.

Description of Advanced Heart Failure Programs and Participants Involved in the DECIDE-LVAD Trial

Count
Site # Hospital Type Region DT LVAD Volume Program Team Members Study Interviews Conducted
Site 1 State university, tertiary care West, serving urban and rural population • In 2013: 13
• In 2016: 22		 • AHF Cardiologist: 7
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 3
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 4
• LVAD Coordinator: 3
• Social Worker: 1		 • Pre-Intervention: 8
• Post-Intervention: 5
• Maintenance: 1
Site 2* Private university-based, tertiary care Northeast, serving urban population • In 2013: 23
• In 2016: 11		 • AHF Cardiologist: 8
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 4
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 5
• LVAD Coordinator: 3
• Social Worker: 2		 • Pre-Intervention: 5
• Post-Intervention: 8
• Maintenance: 2
Site 3 Not-for-profit catholic, tertiary care Midwest, serving urban and rural populations • In 2013: 32
• In 2016: 24		 • AHF Cardiologist: 6
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 6
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 5
• LVAD Coordinator: 2
• Social Worker: 3		 • Pre-Intervention: 4
• Post-Intervention: 5
• Maintenance: 2
Site 4 Private university-based, tertiary care Midwest, serving rural populations • In 2013: 18
• In 2016: 30		 • AHF Cardiologist: 10
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 7
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 2
• LVAD Coordinator: 7
• Social Worker: 3		 • Pre-Intervention: 6
• Post-Intervention: 7
• Maintenance: 2
Site 5 Private university-based, tertiary care Midwest, serving urban and rural populations • In 2013: 33
• In 2016: 47		 • AHF Cardiologist: 7
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 8
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 3
• LVAD Coordinator: 4
• Social Worker: 2		 • Pre-Intervention: 5
• Post-Intervention: 7
• Maintenance: 2
Site 6 Private university-based, tertiary care South, serving urban and rural populations • In 2013: 19
• In 2016: 95		 • AHF Cardiologist: 7
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon: 2
• AHF Nurse Practitioner: 10
• LVAD Coordinator: 3
• Social Worker: 2		 • Pre-Intervention: 4
• Post-Intervention: 3
• Maintenance: 2

AHF, advanced heart failure; DT, destination therapy; LVAD, left ventricular assist device.

*

Site that did not maintain use of the patient decision aids at end of study.