Divergent trends in survival and readmission following a hospitalization for heart failure in the veterans affairs health care system 2002 to 2006

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b   Sahay, Anju ^a   Kapoor, John R ^b   Pham, Michael X ^a,b   Massie, Barry ^c,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; outcomes assessment; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY; VETERAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77955292858     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.053     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. D. Lloyd-Jones, R. Adams, M. Carnethon American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee Heart disease and stroke statistics2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee Circulation 119 2009 480 486
2. S.A. Hunt ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure) J Am Coll Cardiol 46 2005 e1 e82
3. C.M. Ashton, B. Bozkurt, and W.B. Colucci Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in chronic heart failure Med Care 38 2000 I26 I37
4. A.K. Jha, J.B. Perlin, K.W. Kizer, and R.A. Dudley Effect of the transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the quality of care N Engl J Med 348 2003 2218 2227
5. C. Melfi, E. Holleman, D. Arthur, and B. Katz Selecting a patient characteristics index for the prediction of medical outcomes using administrative claims data J Clin Epidemiol 48 1995 917 926
6. P.A. Heidenreich, P. Gholami, A. Sahay, B. Massie, and M.K. Goldstein Clinical reminders attached to echocardiography reports of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction increase use of beta-blockers: a randomized trial Circulation 115 2007 2829 2834
7. T.S. Rector, I.S. Anand, D.B. Nelson, and K.E. Ensrud Carvedilol versus controlled-release metoprolol for elderly veterans with heart failure J Am Geriatr Soc 56 2008 1021 1027
8. N.L. Smith, J.D. Chan, and T.D. Rea Time trends in the use of beta-blockers and other pharmacotherapies in older adults with congestive heart failure Am Heart J 148 2004 710 717
9. E. Shahar, and S. Lee Historical trends in survival of hospitalized heart failure patients: 2000 versus 1995 BMC Cardiovasc Disord 7 2007 2
10. M. Kosiborod, J.H. Lichtman, and P.A. Heidenreich National trends in outcomes among elderly patients with heart failure Am J Med 119 2006 616.e1 616.e7
11. L. Djousse, J. Kochar, and J.M. Gaziano Secular trends of heart failure among U.S. male physicians Am Heart J 154 2007 855 860
12. D. Levy, S. Kenchaiah, and M.G. Larson Long-term trends in the incidence of and survival with heart failure N Engl J Med 347 2002 1397 1402 (Pubitemid 35239711)
13. T.E. Owan, D.O. Hodge, R.M. Herges, S.J. Jacobsen, V.L. Roger, and M.M. Redfield Trends in prevalence and outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction N Engl J Med 355 2006 251 259
14. V.L. Roger, S.A. Weston, and M.M. Redfield Trends in heart failure incidence and survival in a community-based population JAMA 292 2004 344 350
15. H.M. Blackledge, J. Tomlinson, and I.B. Squire Prognosis for patients newly admitted to hospital with heart failure: survival trends in 12,220 index admissions in Leicestershire 19932001 Heart 89 2003 615 620
16. D.S. Lee, M.M. Mamdani, and P.C. Austin Trends in heart failure outcomes and pharmacotherapy: 1992 to 2000 Am J Med 116 2004 581 589
17. T.P. Ng, and M. Niti Trends and ethnic differences in hospital admissions and mortality for congestive heart failure in the elderly in Singapore, 1991 to 1998 Heart 89 2003 865 870
18. W. Zhang, and S. Watanabe-Galloway Ten-year secular trends for congestive heart failure hospitalizations: an analysis of regional differences in the United States Congest Heart Fail 14 2008 266 271
19. D.S. Lee, P.C. Austin, J.L. Rouleau, P.P. Liu, D. Naimark, and J.V. Tu Predicting mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure: derivation and validation of a clinical model JAMA 290 2003 2581 2587
20. P. Jong, E. Vowinckel, P.P. Liu, Y. Gong, and J.V. Tu Prognosis and determinants of survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure: a population-based study Arch Intern Med 162 2002 1689 1694
21. P.S. Jhund, K. Macintyre, and C.R. Simpson Long-term trends in first hospitalization for heart failure and subsequent survival between 1986 and 2003: a population study of 5.1 million people Circulation 119 2009 515 523
22. A.K. Jha, M.G. Shlipak, W. Hosmer, C.D. Frances, and W.S. Browner Racial differences in mortality among men hospitalized in the Veterans Affairs health care system JAMA 285 2001 297 303
23. M. Weinberger, E.Z. Oddone, and W.G. Henderson Does increased access to primary care reduce hospital readmissions? Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmission N Engl J Med 334 1996 1441 1447
24. D.S. Lee, L. Donovan, and P.C. Austin Comparison of coding of heart failure and comorbidities in administrative and clinical data for use in outcomes research Med Care 43 2005 182 188