Demographics of Australian sites providing exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation
| Demographic | Number of sites (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Site location (n=251) | ||
| Metropolitan | 89 | (35.5) |
| Regional | 62 | (24.7) |
| Rural | 100 | (39.8) |
| Total time operating (n=239) (years) | ||
| <1 | 4 | (1.7) |
| 1–5 | 38 | (15.9) |
| >5–10 | 48 | (20.1) |
| >10 | 149 | (62.3) |
| Yearly number of patient enrolments (n=234) | ||
| <50 | 67 | (28.6) |
| 50–100 | 66 | (28.2) |
| 101–500 | 90 | (38.5) |
| >500 | 11 | (4.7) |
| Participation costs (n=235) | ||
| No cost to patient (public funding) | 160 | (68.1) |
| No cost to patient (private insurance coverage) | 30 | (12.8) |
| No cost to patient (both public and private funding) | 13 | (5.5) |
| Patient pays some or all of cost (eg, nominal session fee) | 32 | (13.6) |