Sources of cardiac rehabilitation programme funding by country income classification, n=1082
| n (%) | LMIC (n=335) | HIC (n=747) | P value* |
| Patient | 212 (65.0%) | 184 (24.9%) | <0.001 |
| Social security/government | 179 (54.9%) | 444 (60.2%) | 0.11 |
| Hospital/clinical centre | 61 (18.7%) | 250 (33.9%) | <0.001 |
| Private health insurance | 105 (32.2%) | 167 (22.6%) | 0.001 |
| Other | 6 (1.8%) | 48 (6.5%) | 0.001 |
*χ2tests were used to test for significant differences in LMICs versus HICs.
HIC, high-income country; LMIC, low/middle-income country.