Association of Early Physician Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmission After Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Older Patients | Zendy

Connie N. Hess | Zendy; Bimal R. Shah | Zendy; S. Andrew Peng | Zendy; Laine Thomas | Zendy; Matthew T. Roe | Zendy; Eric D. Peterson | Zendy

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Association of Early Physician Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmission After Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Older Patients

Author(s) -

Connie N. Hess,

Bimal R. Shah,

S. Andrew Peng,

Laine Thomas,

Matthew T. Roe,

Eric D. Peterson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.004569

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , myocardial infarction , quartile , confidence interval , odds ratio , unstable angina , emergency medicine , angina , logistic regression , revascularization , heart failure , cardiology

Hospital readmission rates within 30 days after acute myocardial infarction are a national performance metric. Previous data suggest that early physician follow-up after heart failure hospitalizations can reduce readmissions; whether these results can be extended to acute myocardial infarction is unclear.

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