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. 2021 Oct 20;7(1):110–112. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4036

Table. Days at Home at 1 Year and Components in Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients (SURTAVI) Trial Participants Linked to Medicare Claimsa.

Days at home at 1 y and components TAVR group (n = 507) SAVR group (n = 498) Difference (95% CI) P value
Days at home at 1 y mean (SD) 339.3 (63.7) 330.5 (64.8) 8.8 (0.8 to 16.7) .03
Median (IQR) [range] 358 (352-361) [0-363] 351 (336-357) [0-361]
Mortality days, mean (SD) 12.5 (59.1) 11.7 (56.5) 0.8 (−6.3 to 8.0) .82
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-0) [0-361] 0 (0-0) [0-362]
Index LOS, mean (SD) 5.4 (2.8) 9.1 (4.4) −3.7 (−4.2 to −3.3) <.001
Median (IQR) [range] 5 (4-6) [2-27] 8 (6-10) [3-58]
Total facility days after discharge from the index hospitalization, mean (SD) 7.9 (18.7) 13.7 (24.5) −5.9 (−8.6 to −3.2) <.001
Median (IQR) [range] 1 (0-6) [0-197] 4 (0-17) [0-165]
Components of total facility days after discharge
Readmission days, mean (SD) 3.6 (8.1) 4.5 (9.2) −0.9 (−2.0 to 0.2) .11
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-4) [0-76] 0 (0-6) [0-79]
Rehabilitation days, mean (SD) 0.2 (1.9) 0.5 (2.7) −0.3 (−0.6 to −0.1) .02
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-0) [0-29] 0 (0-0) [0-22]
SNF days, mean (SD) 3.4 (12.1) 7.7 (18.5) −4.4 (−6.3 to −2.4) <.001
Median (IQR) 0.0 (0-0) [0-98] 0 (0-7) [0-134]
LTAC days, mean (SD) 0.2 (2.7) 0.4 (3.4) −0.2 (−0.6 to 0.2) .30
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-0) [0-41] 0 (0-0) [0-43]
ED days, mean (SD) 0.3 (0.8) 0.4 (1.1) −0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0) .26
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-0) [0-6] 0 (0-0) [0-12]
Observation days, mean (SD) 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.5) −0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1) .79
Median (IQR) [range] 0 (0-0) [0-4] 0 (0-0) [0-3]

Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; LOS, length of stay; LTAC, long-term acute care hospital; SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; SNF, skilled nursing facility; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

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Calculation of the different components is explained in the Methods section.