Impact of a Pharmacist-Managed Heart Failure Postdischarge (Bridge) Clinic for Veterans
Author(s) -
Genevieve M Hale,
Sonia Hassan,
Scott L. Hummel,
Carrie L. Lewis,
David Ratz,
Michael Brenner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of pharmacotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1542-6270
pISSN - 1060-0280
DOI - 10.1177/1060028017698974
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , pharmacist , retrospective cohort study , heart failure , emergency medicine , bridge (graph theory) , cause of death , population , hospital readmission , proportional hazards model , pharmacy , confidence interval , disease , family medicine , environmental health
Hospitals that provide early postdischarge follow-up after heart failure (HF) hospitalization tend to have lower rates of readmission. However, HF postdischarge (bridge) clinics have not been extensively evaluated.
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