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Table 2 Comparison of main outcomes between usual care (US) and cardio-geriatric (CG) group at 1 year of follow-up

From: Outcomes of early post-discharge cardio-geriatric care in frail patients after acute heart failure: a before-and-after study

 

Overall N = 652

UC N = 477

CG N = 175

p-value

Re-hospitalizations (%)

315 (48.3)

252 (52.8)

63 (36.5)

 < 0.001

1-year all-cause mortality (%)

270 (41.1)

232 (48.6)

35 (20.0)

 < 0.001

DAOH (median, IQR)

174 (145)

156 (145)

300 (100)

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: UC Usual Care, CG Cardio-Geriatric, DAOH days alive and out of hospital