Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure: Findings from the Get with the Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Bergethon, Kristin E ^a   Ju, Christine ^a   DeVore, Adam D ^a,b   Chantelle Hardy, N ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Heidenreich, Paul A ^e,f   Bhatt, Deepak L ^g   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; heart failure; hospitalization; inpatient; outpatient

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975873239     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002594     Document Type: Article

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