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Table 3 Characteristics of stroke patients who did and did not have rehabilitation by stroke severity

From: Evaluating the effects of variation in clinical practice: a risk adjusted cost-effectiveness (RAC-E) analysis of acute stroke services

 

Hospital A

Hospital B

Hospital C

Hospital D

P-value

B70A (STROKE + CCC)

Rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

79.6 (10.0)

76.4 (9.4)

74.4 (10.7)

76.2 (13.7)

NS

Proportion with rehab (%)

35

24

32

44

NS

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

18.3 (11.2)

23.9 (14.6)

18.3 (13.2)

8.1 (3.5)

<0.001

Rehab LoS (mean (sd), days)

23.6 (12.7)

39.4 (27.3)

42.0 (38.2)

24.4 (10.2)

<0.001

No rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

83.7 (7.0)

79.7 (8.5)

79.2 (9.4)

79.3 (12.6)

0.017

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

20.8 (15.0)

21.2 (12.1)

22.9 (20.7)

9.7 (6.8)

<0.001

B70B (STROKE + SCC)

Rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

71.7 (10.5)

75.8 (11.5)

72.4 (11.3)

68.8 (12.2)

NS

Proportion with rehab (%)

45

47

45

54

NS

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

12.5 (7.8)

11.8 (8.2)

12.8 (5.8)

7.9 (4.2)

0.003

Rehab LoS (mean (sd), days)

23.9 (17.6)

34.4 (21.5)

41.6 (27.8)

25.4 (9.5)

<0.001

No rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

76.3 (12.0)

73.8 (10.4)

72.4 (14.8)

75.9 (12.1)

NS

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

13.4 (11.5)

13.3 (10.1)

10.1 (9.2)

8.3 (6.3)

0.028

B70C (STROKE -CSCC)

Rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

72.1 (10.8)

71.0 (6.6)

70.3 (10.5)

66.6 (13.3)

NS

Proportion with rehab (%)

22

20

23

41

NS

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

9.9 (5.1)

8.0 (5.7)

9.5 (6.5)

8.7 (7.7)

NS

Rehab LoS (mean (sd), days)

23.9 (24.0)

38.4 (24.9)

22.7 (16.6)

25.2 (12.3)

NS

No rehabilitation:

Age (mean (sd), years)

72.3 (11.5)

72.3 (12.2)

70.0 (13.7)

64.5 (17.7)

NS

Acute LoS (mean (sd), days)

5.8 (8.0)

8.5 (15.8)

6.0 (5.8)

3.8 (2.6)

<0.001

  1. +CCC – catastrophic complication or comorbidity; +SCC - severe complication or comorbidity; -CSCC - neither catastrophic nor severe complication or comorbidity.
  2. NS indicates not significant (p > 0.10); LoS, length of stay.