Table 1 Summary of included study characteristics
From: Effects of care pathways on the in-hospital treatment of heart failure: a systematic review
Author | Study design | Control type | Setting | Length of study (months) | Patients | Sex% Male | Mean age | Patients demographics | Main outcome | NYHA class | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pathway | Control | Pathway | Control | |||||||||
Panella 2009 | CRCT (multicentered) | Prospective | 14 hospitals located in four Italian regions, Italy | 19 | 429 | 47,7 | 51,2 | 81,7 | 79,7 | Gender, age, severity at admission, co-morbidities | In-hospital mortality, length of stay, appropriateness of stay, unscheduled readmission rate | II,III,IV |
Philbin 2000 | CRCT (multicentered) | Prospective | 10 Hospitals in Newyork, the USA | 9 | 1504 | 49 | 48 | 77 | 74 | Gender, age, race, insurance, medication use at admission | In-hospital mortality, length of stay, readmission rate, hospitalizations cost | - |
Azad 2008 | RCT (monocentric) | Prospective | Ottova Hospital, Canada | 6 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 75,8 | 74,2 | Gender, age, satisfaction scores | Mean hospitalization, In-hospital mortality | I,II,III |
Panella 2003 | Interrupted time series (monocentric) | Prospective | Italian hospital, Italy | 12 | 246 | 43,62 | - | 78,9 | - | Gender, age | In-patient mortality, length of stay, readmission rate within 31 days | II,III,IV |
Discher 2003 | Controlled trial (monocentric) | Historical | General hospital, the USA | 12 | 593 | - | - | - | - | - | Length of stay, hospitalization cost, Nursing satisfaction | - |
Lanzieri 1999 | Controlled trial (monocentric) | Historical | Central Maine Medical Central, Lewiston, the USA | 18 | 73 | 53,8 | 55,9 | 68 | 65,7 | Gender, age | In-hospital mortality, length of stay, readmission rate | - |
Rauh 1999 | Controlled trial (monocentric) | Historical | Elmhurst memorial hospital, Illnois the USA | 12 | 754 | 42 | 50 | 75,8 | 74,39 | Gender, age, co-morbidities | Length of stay, admission/readmission rate, hospitalizations cost | III,IV |