Preliminary Results of the Adoption and Application of the Integrated Comprehensive Care Bundle Care Program When Treating Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Table 1

Baseline characteristics within the unmatched ICC and eligible COPD patients.

	ICC group	Non-ICC comparator	Absolute standardized
Number of patients
Male sex, (%)	38 (50.00)	130 (48.51)	0.03
Age, mean (SD)	73.62 (9.18)	73.66 (10.75)	0.00
per quarter (proxy for seasonality), (%)
FYQ1	18 (23.68)	57 (21.27)	0.06
FYQ2	17 (22.37)	48 (17.91)	0.11
FYQ3	17 (22.37)	79 (29.48)	0.16
FYQ4	24 (31.58)	84 (31.34)	0.01
Prior admission in the 60 days prior to baseline
No admission, (%)	47 (61.84)	198 (73.88)	0.26
1 prior admission, (%)	23 (30.26)	51 (19.03)	0.26
2 or more prior admissions, (%)	6 (7.89)	19 (7.09)	0.03
of admissions in the 60 days prior to baseline admission, mean (SD)	0.49 (0.72)	0.35 (0.66)	0.20

FYQ, fiscal year quarter; , number; SD, standard deviation. comparator group within this table was composed of all patients who did not enter within the ICC group and who were admitted for COPD to St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and discharged between June 1, 2012, and March 31, 2015. standardized differences > 0.10 are generally assumed to indicate lack of balance between groups.