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Table 3 Resource utilization

From: Demographics, clinical characteristics, health resource utilization and cost of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients: retrospective results from six European countries

Resource

N*

Mean ± SD

Median

Hospitalizations per PY

118

1.8 ± 2.2

1.0

Hospitalization days per PY

74

14.8 ± 26.1

7.8

Time to first hospitalization (d)

74

146 ± 209

71.5

Examinations/tests per PY

118

8.4 ± 5.9

7.8

Visits to the GP per PY

64

2.8 ± 4.2

0.7

Visits to specialists per PY

77

1.3 ± 1.4

0.9

Medical aids per PY

48

0.6 ± 2.1

0

  1. *Sample size may vary due to missing values in the patient records.
  2. D = day; GP = general practitioner; PY = patient year.
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