Skip to main content

Table 3 IMPACTS primary and secondary outcomes

From: Structured, proactive care coordination versus usual care for Improving Morbidity during Post-Acute Care Transitions for Sepsis (IMPACTS): a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial

Clinical and cost outcomes

Usual care (n =)

STAR program (n =)

Primary outcome

 30-day all-cause mortality or hospital readmission

–

–

Secondary outcomes

 30-day all-cause mortality

–

–

 30-day hospital readmission

–

–

 30-day sepsis/infection-related hospital readmission

–

–

 30-day chronic lung disease-related hospital readmission

–

–

 30-day heart failure-related hospital readmission

–

–

 30-day acute renal failure-related hospital readmission

–

–

 30-day emergency department visits

–

–

 30-day acute care-free days alive

–

–

 30-day acute care costs

–

–

 30-day total healthcare costsa

–

–

 90-day all-cause mortality

–

–

 90-day hospital readmission

–

–

 90-day sepsis/infection-related hospital readmission

–

–

 90-day chronic lung disease-related hospital readmission

–

–

 90-day heart failure-related hospital readmission

–

–

 90-day acute renal failure-related hospital readmission

–

–

 90-day emergency department visits

–

–

 90-day acute care-free days alive

–

–

 90-day acute care costs

–

–

 90-day total healthcare costsa

–

–

  1. IMPACTS Improving Morbidity during Post-Acute Care Transitions for Sepsis, STAR Sepsis Transition and Recovery
  2. aOnly analyzed among Medicare-insured subgroup