Hospital strategies associated with 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 444-450

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Curry, Leslie ^a,b   Horwitz, Leora I ^b,c   Sipsma, Heather ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^b,c   Walsh, Mary Norine ^d   Goldmann, Don ^e,f   White, Neal ^g   Piña, Ileana L ^h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g John Muir Health   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Patient readmission; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HEART FAILURE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884493915     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000101     Document Type: Article

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