Authors
Adrian F Hernandez, Melissa A Greiner, Gregg C Fonarow, Bradley G Hammill, Paul A Heidenreich, Clyde W Yancy, Eric D Peterson, Lesley H Curtis
Publication date
2010/5/5
Journal
Jama
Volume
303
Issue
17
Pages
1716-1722
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Context
Readmission after hospitalization for heart failure is common. Early outpatient follow-up after hospitalization has been proposed as a means of reducing readmission rates. However, there are limited data describing patterns of follow-up after heart failure hospitalization and its association with readmission rates.
Objective
To examine associations between outpatient follow-up within 7 days after discharge from a heart failure hospitalization and readmission within 30 days.
Design, Setting, and Patients
Observational analysis of patients 65 years or older with heart failure and discharged to home from hospitals participating in the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure and the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure quality improvement program from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006.
Main Outcome Measure
All-cause readmission within 30 days …
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AF Hernandez, MA Greiner, GC Fonarow, BG Hammill… - Jama, 2010