Outcomes indicators during hospital stay in clinical pathway and usual care groups
| Indicator | Clinical pathway (n = 214) | Usual care (n = 215) | p Value* |
| Discharge status: severity | |||
| Death (in-hospital mortality)† | 5.6 (2.5 to 8.7) | 15.4 (10.5 to 20.2) | 0.001 |
| NYHA I† | 38.8 (32.3 to 45.3) | 25.6 (19.7 to 31.4) | 0.003 |
| NYHA II† | 52.3 (45.6 to 49.0) | 49.3 (42.6 to 56.0) | 0.5 |
| NYHA III† | 2.8 (0.6 to 5.0) | 8.4 (4.7 to 12.1) | 0.012 |
| Transferred to another hospital† | 0.5 (0.0 to 1.4) | 1.5 (0.0 to 3.0) | 0.3 |
| Appropriateness of the stay† | 76.2 (70.5 to 81.9) | 72.1 (66.1 to 78.1) | 0.3 |
| Rate of unscheduled readmissions† | 7.9 (4.3 to 11.6) | 13.9 (9.3 to 18.6) | 0.053 |
| Length of stay (days)‡ | 10.4 (9.6 to 11.0) | 11.4 (10.5 to 12.3) | 0.028 |
| Cost of the admission (€)‡ | 2125 (2054 to 2197) | 2211 (2134 to 2289) | 0.11 |
| Patients’ satisfaction score‡ | 8.50 (7.9 to 9.1) | 8.14 (7.5 to 8.8) | 0.5 |
NYHA, New York Heart Association.
*χ2 and t tests for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.
†% (95% CI).
‡Mean (95% CI).