Relationship Between Participation of In-Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation and Regional Characteristics in Japan　- Insight From the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and the Diagnosis Procedure Combination

Overview

Journal Circ Rep

Date 2024 Oct 11

PMID 39391544

Authors

Akinori Sawamura

Koshiro Kanaoka

Tetsufumi Motokawa

Satoshi Katano

Yuji Kono

Yusuke Ohya

Shin-Ichiro Miura

Nagaharu Fukuma

Shigeru Makita

Yoshihiro Miyamoto

Hideo Izawa

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Abstract

Background: The influence of various regional backgrounds on participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) remains underexplored. We investigated the regional characteristics that potentially promote CR participation.

Methods And Results: This was a nationwide cross-sectional cohort study using the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and the Diagnosis Procedure Combination. This study included a cohort of 2.7 million inpatients hospitalized between April 2012 and March 2021. The CR participation rate for each hospital was calculated as the percentage of eligible patients who underwent CR during their admission. Among all hospitals, those that do not perform CR were defined as No-CR hospitals. The remaining hospitals were categorized into High- and Low-CR hospitals based on the median level of the CR participation rate (41.5%). High-CR hospitals had significantly smaller medical service areas (P<0.0001), a higher number of physicians per population (P<0.0001), higher air temperature (P=0.02), and fewer primary industry workers (P=0.005) than the other 2 groups. Logistic regression analyses revealed that a lower consumer price index was a significant regional factor that characterized High-CR hospitals, and a lower population aged ≥65 years was a factor approaching significance that characterized the region where High-CR hospitals are located.

Conclusions: High-CR hospitals were found in regions with a lower consumer price index and a trend towards a lower population aged ≥65 years.

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Relationship Between Participation of In-Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation and Regional Characteristics in Japan - Insight From the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and the Diagnosis Procedure Combination

Relationship Between Participation of In-Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation and Regional Characteristics in Japan　- Insight From the Japanese Registry of All Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and the Diagnosis Procedure Combination