Preliminary Results of the Adoption and Application of the Integrated Comprehensive Care Bundle Care Program When Treating Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Table 5
Baseline characteristics within the unselected population.
ICC group
Unselected COPD comparison
Absolute standardized differences†
Number of patients
Male sex, (%)
38 (50.00)
406 (50.12)
0.00
Age, mean (SD)
73.62 (9.18)
72.17 (11.42)
0.14
per quarter (proxy for seasonality), (%)
FYQ1
18 (23.68)
161 (19.88)
0.09
FYQ2
17 (22.37)
155 (19.14)
0.08
FYQ3
17 (22.37)
231 (28.52)
0.14
FYQ4
24 (31.58)
263 (32.47)
0.02
Prior admission in the 60 days prior to baseline, (%)
No admission
47 (61.84)
645 (79.63)
0.40
1 prior admission
23 (30.26)
126 (15.56)
0.36
2 or more prior admissions
6 (7.89)
39 (4.81)
0.13
of admissions in the 60 days prior to baseline admission, mean (SD)
0.49 (0.72)
0.27 (0.60)
0.33
FYQ, fiscal year quarter; , number; SD, standard deviation. comparison group within this table is composed of all 810 patients admitted to St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton for COPD between June 1, 2012, and March 31, 2015, who did not enter within the ICC group. standardized differences > 0.10 are generally assumed to indicate lack of balance between groups.
