Abstract Background The REACH-HF (Rehabilitation EnAblement in CHronic Heart Failure)
trial found that the REACH-HF home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention resulted in a …

Objective To describe the population, heart failure (HF) diagnosis rate, and 1-year
hospitalisation and mortality of patients with suspected HF and elevated N-terminal pro B …

Problem With the growth in risk-based and accountable care organization contracts, creating
value by redesigning care to reduce costs and improve outcomes and the patient …

Background Value-based health care is a proposed driver for reimbursement under the
Affordable Care Act, with value broadly defined as outcomes divided by cost. Data on value …

The accurate measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the value of
improving it for patients are essential for deriving quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to …

Many therapies have been shown to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure (HF) in
controlled settings, but there are limited data available to inform best practices for hospital …

Abstract Introduction Heart Failure (HF) is a common cause of hospitalization in older adults.
The transition from hospital to home is high-risk, and gaps in transitional care can increase …

Heart failure (HF) remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity and a primary driver of
health care resource use in the United States. As such, there continues to be much interest …

Importance In the Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF)
trial, a novel 12-week rehabilitation intervention demonstrated significant improvements in …

OBJECTIVES: Population ageing and the increasing burden of chronic conditions challenge
traditional metrics of assessing the efficacy of health care interventions and as a …