Table 5.

Readmission rates of patients with heart failure from skilled nursing facility with virtual cardiology program versus usual care [3,8,18].^a

Readmissions impacts	All cause (30 days)			Cardiac (30 days)
	Usual care	Virtual care	Usual care		Virtual care
Skilled nursing facility heart failure readmission rate, %	27	17.5	10		2.5
Expected readmission cost per patient (US $)	2444	1584	905		226
Expected readmission savings per patient (US $)	N/Ab	860	N/A		679

^aData surrounding average congestive heart failure readmission costs specifically due to cardiac etiologies were unavailable and thus assumed to be comparable with those of all-cause etiologies.

^bN/A: Not applicable.