From: Societal costs of non-cardiac chest pain compared with ischemic heart disease - a longitudinal study
Non-cardiac chest pain (n = 99) | Acute myocardial infarction (n = 51) | Angina Pectoris (n = 49) | ||||
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Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | |
Mean number of primary care and out-patient contacts per patient (m ± SD) | 23.6 ± 27.0 | 30.0 ± 36.8 | 16.2 ± 13.4 | 33.6 ± 23.3 | 26.5 ± 23.0 | 38.3 ± 36.1 |
Mean number of hospital admissions per patient (m ± SD) | 1.7 ± 1.4 | 0.9 ± 1.8 | 3.0 ± 1.6 | 0.6 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 1.7 | 1.3 ± 1.8 |
Mean length of hospital stay, days per patient (m ± SD) | 3.4 ± 5.2 | 2.9 ± 9.4 | 9.0 ± 8.8 | 1.9 ± 3.8 | 6.8 ± 6.1 | 3.7 ± 8.3 |