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Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2018 Jun 7;164(2):274–281. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.04.013

Table III.

Main outcomes (unadjusted) in National Readmission Database 2010–2014.

	Heart replacement modality			Subgroup analysis
	VAD (n = 6,671)	OHT (n = 5,440)	P value	OHT only (n = 3638)	OHT after BTT (n = 1,802)	P value
Index admission cost	$213,667	$177,128	.050	$186,709	$160,117	.032
Duration of stay, mean	36.3d	35.2d	<. 001	40.0	26.5	<.001
Index admission mortality	10%	5.20%	<. 001	5.7%	4.4%	.399
Readmission, 30 days	29%	24%	.005	24%	24%	.893
Readmission, 6 months	62%	46%	<. 001	46%	45%	.689

OHT = orthotopic heart transplantation, VAD = ventricular assist device, BTT = bridge-to-transplant