Equity of access to cardiac rehabilitation: the role of system factors

Table 1 Possible factors associated with invitation to CR

Hospital related	Patient related	Indications in Secondary diagnoses fields
Hospitalisation year	Sex	UAP
Hospital billing status	Age	IHD
Index cardiac diagnosis	Marital status	HF
Length of hospital stay	Main language spoken	Other cardiac conditions
Hospital deaths	Region of Birth	Vascular disease
	Indigenous status	Malignant cancers
	IRSD	Respiratory disease
		Arthropathies
	Travel distance	End stage renal disease
	Admission type	Hypertension
		Smoker
		Hypercholesterolaemia
		Diabetes
		Depression
		Angiography
		Angioplasty/stenting
		Bypass surgery

Note: The APDC was the primary data source. The APDC is the official inclusive state-wide data collection of hospital inpatient statistics in NSW. The IRSD refers to Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage; UAP refers to unstable angina pectoris; IHD refers to ischaemic heart disease; HF refers to heart failure; main language spoken and region of birth were proxies for ethnicity.

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