Skip to main content

Table 2 Cardiology visits: baseline characteristics of study population, stratified by LHAs

From: A turnaround strategy: improving equity in order to achieve quality of care and financial sustainability in Italy

LHA*

Number of observation

Age (years)

Male (%)

CI > 0 (%)

High education (%)

1

393

80.33

49.62%

37.66%

8.14%

2

196

78.29

52.55%

52.55%

6.63%

3

787

81.12

45.49%

42.82%

6.73%

4

472

81.47

49.36%

43.64%

5.08%

5

543

79.90

46.96%

35.91%

12.52%

6

640

79.87

51.41%

39.53%

12.81%

7

606

80.02

57.59%

38.12%

12.38%

8

626

80.91

49.36%

45.05%

7.03%

9

210

78.82

49.05%

38.57%

15.71%

10

1209

80.35

49.55%

44.50%

7.78%

11

539

80.25

45.45%

38.96%

7.79%

12

236

76.19

58.05%

44.92%

8.90%

Tuscany

6457

80.19

49.79%

41.66%

9.00%

  1. Notes: * Age (years), male (%), CI > 0 (%), and high education (%) are significantly different among LHAs (p < 0.001)