Relationship Between Early Physician Follow-up and 30-Day Readmission Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure | Zendy

Adrian F. Hernandez | Zendy; Melissa A. Greiner | Zendy; Gregg C. Fonarow | Zendy; Bradley G. Hammill | Zendy; Paul A. Heidenreich | Zendy; Clyde W. Yancy | Zendy; Eric D. Peterson | Zendy; Lesley H. Curtis | Zendy

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Relationship Between Early Physician Follow-up and 30-Day Readmission Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure

Author(s) -

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 year - 2010

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.533

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , quartile , heart failure , hazard ratio , confidence interval , emergency medicine , hospital readmission , observational study , population , environmental health

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.

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