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. 2021 Jul;16(7):1005–1014. doi: 10.2215/CJN.17331120

Table 3.

Processes of care after hospital discharge

Process of Care AKI Follow-Up Clinic Usual Care P Valuea
Nephrology visits, mean (SD) per patient 1.9 (1.4) 0.4 (1.0) <0.001
Medication changes, mean (SD) per patient 0.9 (1.6) 0.6 (1.1) 0.47
Imaging tests, mean (SD) per patient 0.2 (0.7) 0.1 (0.4) 0.82
Referrals to other health care providers, mean (SD) per patient 0.3 (0.6) 0.2 (0.5) 0.61
Serum creatinine test within 90 days of discharge (among survivors to 90 days), n (%) 28 (85) 31 (89) 0.65
Urine albumin-creatinine ratio within 90 days of discharge (among survivors to 90 days), n (%) 17 (52) 6 (17) 0.007
a

We compared continuous outcomes with the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and binary outcomes with the Fisher exact test.