Scheduled and attended cardiac rehabilitation appointments and 30-day readmission rates before and after intervention
| Before intervention | After intervention | P values | |
| Total AMI patient population | 96 | 190 | |
| Number of patients who declined cardiac rehabilitation/total patients | 58/96 (60.4%) | 111/190 (58.4%) | Two-proportion test, p=0.745 |
| Number of patients who agreed to schedule cardiac rehabilitation/total patients | 38/96 (39.6%) | 79/190 (41.6%) | Two-proportion test, p=0.745 |
| Number of patients with cardiac rehabilitation scheduled within 7 days/patients who agreed to schedule an appointment | 1/38 (2.6%) | 72/79 (91.1%) | Two-proportion test, p<0.001 |
| Average days from discharge to scheduled cardiac rehabilitation appointment | 18.7 days | 6.3 days | Mann-Whitney U test, p<0.01 |
| Number of patients who attended cardiac rehabilitation/patients who agreed to schedule an appointment | 31/38 (81.6%) | 58/79 (73.4%) | Two-proportion test, p=0.309 |
| Number of patients who attended cardiac rehabilitation within 7 days/patients who agreed to schedule an appointment | 1/38 (2.6%) | 42/79 (53.2%) | Two-proportion test, p<0.001 |
| Average days from discharge to attended cardiac rehabilitation appointment | 21.7 days | 8.0 days | Mann-Whitney U test, p<0.001 |
| Number of patients who were readmitted within 30 days/total patients who attended cardiac rehabilitation within 7 days | 0/1 (0%) | 1/42 (2.4%) | Two-proportion test, p=0.331 |
| Number of patients who were readmitted within 30 days/total patients who did not attend cardiac rehabilitation within 7 days | 13/95 (13.7%) | 30/148 (20.3%) | Two-proportion test, p=0.173 |
AMI, acute myocardial infarction.