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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by final diagnosis of index event – all patients with cost data

From: Predictors of high-cost hospitalization in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome in Asia: findings from EPICOR Asia

 

STEMI (n = 5478)

NSTEMI (n = 2030)

UA (n = 3311)

Total (n = 10,819)

Age, mean (SD)

58.5 (11.7)

61.9 (11.95)

61.4 (10.44)

60.0 (11.48)

Male, n (%)

4532 (82.7)

1520 (74.9)

2247 (67.9)

8299 (76.7)

Smoker, n (%)

 Current

2197 (40.1)

649 (32.0)

742 (22.4)

3588 (33.2)

 Former

964 (17.6)

398 (19.6)

775 (23.4)

2137 (19.8)

 Never

1896 (34.6)

855 (42.1)

1602 (48.4)

4353 (40.2)

 Unknown

421 (7.7)

128 (6.3)

192 (5.8)

741 (6.8)

Income, n (%)

 Quintile 1

14 (0.3)

21 (1.0)

18 (0.5)

53 (0.5)

 Quintile 2

2352 (42.9)

849 (41.8)

1342 (40.5)

4543 (42.0)

 Quintile 3

1253 (22.9)

471 (23.2)

965 (29.1)

2689 (24.9)

 Quintile 4

70 (1.3)

61 (3.0)

31 (0.9)

162 (1.5)

 Quintile 5

1271 (23.2)

463 (22.8)

805 (24.3)

2539 (23.5)

Country, n (%)

 China

3716 (67.8)

1234 (60.8)

2754 (83.2)

7704 (71.2)

 Hong Kong

75 (1.4)

45 (2.2)

5 (0.2)

125 (1.2)

 India

1341 (24.5)

527 (26.0)

415 (12.5)

2283 (21.1)

 Singapore

25 (0.5)

36 (1.8)

4 (0.1)

65 (0.6)

 South Korea

101 (1.8)

70 (3.4)

76 (2.3)

247 (2.3)

 Thailand

124 (2.3)

81 (4.0)

30 (0.9)

235 (2.2)

 Vietnam

96 (1.8)

37 (1.8)

27 (0.8)

160 (1.5)

Place of residence, n (%)

 Rural

2088 (38.1)

624 (30.7)

1067 (32.2)

3779 (34.9)

 Metropolitan

3390 (61.9)

1406 (69.3)

2244 (67.8)

7040 (65.1)

Insurance status, n (%)

 Yes

4396 (80.2)

1620 (79.8)

2950 (89.1)

8966 (82.9)

 No

1082 (19.8)

410 (20.2)

361 (10.9)

1853 (17.1)

Disease history, n (%)

1008 (18.4)

630 (31.0)

1437 (43.4)

3075 (28.4)

 Myocardial infarction

354 (6.5)

247 (12.2)

421 (12.7)

1022 (9.4)

 Prior PCI

201 (3.7)

173 (8.5)

455 (13.7)

829 (7.7)

 Prior CABG

43 (0.8)

39 (1.9)

70 (2.1)

152 (1.4)

 CAG diagnostic for CAD

233 (4.3)

216 (10.6)

606 (18.3)

1055 (9.8)

 Chronic angina

484 (8.8)

299 (14.7)

1018 (30.7)

1801 (16.6)

 Heart failure

63 (1.2)

71 (3.5)

135 (4.1)

269 (2.5)

 Atrial fibrillation

47 (0.9)

45 (2.2)

62 (1.9)

154 (1.4)

 TIA/stroke

212 (3.9)

101 (5.0)

166 (5.0)

479 (4.4)

 Peripheral vascular disease

24 (0.4)

24 (1.2)

41 (1.2)

89 (0.8)

 Chronic renal failure

59 (1.1)

70 (3.4)

38 (1.1)

166 (1.5)

Hospitalization in 3 months prior to index event, n (%)

206 (3.8)

126 (6.2)

458 (13.8)

790 (7.3)

Dependence degree (need of help for daily activities) prior to index event, n (%)

 Some dependence

715 (13.1)

318 (15.7)

367 (11.1)

1400 (12.9)

 No dependence

4601 (84.0)

1659 (81.7)

2826 (85.4)

9086 (84.0)

 Unknown

162 (3.0)

53 (2.6)

118 (3.6)

333 (3.1)

Index event medical management, n (%)

 Invasive

4713 (86.0)

1598 (78.7)

2612 (78.9)

8923 (82.5)

 Non-invasive

724 (13.2)

422 (20.8)

617 (18.6)

1763 (16.3)

 Unknown

41 (0.7)

10 (0.5)

82 (2.5)

133 (1.2)

Type of hospital, n (%)

 Regional/community/rural hospital

296 (5.4)

111 (5.5)

76 (2.3)

483 (4.5)

 Non-university general hospital

1269 (23.2)

368 (18.1)

792 (23.9)

2429 (22.5)

 University general hospital

2931 (53.5)

1074 (52.9)

2092 (63.2)

6097 (56.4)

 Other type of hospital/clinic

982 (17.9)

477 (23.5)

351 (10.6)

1810 (16.7)

Number of beds, mean (95% CI)

1307.1 (1280.0, 1334.2)

1223.1 (1181.9, 1264.3)

1374.5 (1338.6, 1410.5)

1311.9 (1292.7, 1331.2)

Length of stay, mean (95% CI)

10.3 (10.2, 10.5)

10.2 (9.9, 10.6)

9.8 (9.6, 10.0)

10.1 (10.0, 10.3)

  1. CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, CAD Coronary artery disease, CAG Coronary angiogram, CI Confidence interval, NSTEMI Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, TIA Transient ischemic attack, UA Unstable angina