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Table 3 Hospital administrators’ mean perceptions of CR (± standard deviation), by job title or position

From: How do hospital administrators perceive cardiac rehabilitation in a publicly-funded health care system?

Item

Executive (n=84, 43.1%)

Non-executive (n=111, 56.9%)

Total N=195

1. Your perceptions of the importance of CR for patients’ outpatient care

4.52±0.57

4.77±0.46

4.66±0.53††

2. Your perceptions of the role of CR programs in reducing patient re-admissions

4.34±0.59

4.57±0.53

4.47±0.57†

3. Your institution’s perceptions of the importance of CR for patients’ outpatient care

4.22±0.68

4.15±0.80

4.18±0.73

4. Your perceptions of the value of serving patients with other vascular conditions within CR programs

3.94±0.85

4.26±0.71

4.12±0.79†

5. Your perceptions of the role of CR access in reducing patient length of stay

3.95±0.84

4.14±0.84

4.06±0.85

  1. Note: Items were scored on a scale from 1 ‘Not even considered’ to 5 ‘Extremely Important’.
  2. ††p=.001, †p<.01.