Table 4.

Task Substitution Ratios of Difficult versus Easy Tasks

Difficult	Easy	Mean	Median	25th Percentile	75th Percentile	75/25 Ratio
ACE-I for LVSD	Aspirin at admission	5.9	4.5	3.0	7.1	2.4
ACE-I for LVSD	Aspirin at discharge	5.0	4.4	3.4	5.8	1.7
ACE-I for LVSD	β-Blocker at admission	5.0	3.8	2.4	5.9	2.5
ACE-I for LVSD	β-Blocker at discharge	5.1	4.5	3.6	5.8	1.6
Left ventricular assessment	Smoking cessation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	2.2
Left ventricular assessment	Discharge instructions	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.9
ACE-I for LVSD	Smoking cessation	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	2.2
ACE-I for LVSD	Discharge instructions	2.2	2.1	1.4	2.7	1.9
Blood cultures	Vaccination status	1.0	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.5
Initial antibiotics	Vaccination status	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.7
Blood cultures	Oxygen assessment	1.8	1.8	2.7	1.3	0.5
Initial antibiotics	Oxygen assessment	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.8

LVSD, left ventricular systolic dysfunction.