Discharge to a skilled nursing facility and subsequent clinical outcomes among older patients hospitalized for heart failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Allen, Larry A ^a,f   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Curtis, Lesley H ^b   Dai, David ^b   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge status; Disposition; Heart failure; Mortality; Outcomes; Rehospitalization; Risk; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING OUTCOME; NURSING UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960599594     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.959171     Document Type: Article

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