… outcomes, including readmission and mortality, are … variation in the risk of 30-day unplanned
readmission and mortality following discharge from hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure. …

… The geographic variations in readmission rates suggest that there may be … readmissions
for heart failure in Spain. A study of index episodes and 30-Day and 1-year cardiac readmissions…

… for heart failure have not changed in recent years, indicating that there was neither
improvement in hospital readmission rates nor in hospital variations in rates over this time period. …

… Readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) has received … , readmission within
30 days following heart failure … mix, significant variation in hospital readmission rates exists. …

Background Regional patient characteristics, care quality, and outcomes may differ based
on a variety of factors among patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF). Regional disparities …

… data, which can be calculated at the time of a patient’s index hospital discharge, may be
used to estimate his or her risk of readmission, and 5) there is residual variation in hospital …

… readmissions by describing interventions implemented to improve care transitions for heart
failure … This may result in considerable variations in the interventions implemented, which may…

… The objective of this literature review is to identify HF patient characteristics contributing to
variation in hospital readmission rates. We focus on (1) patient characteristics measured prior …

… wide variation among hospital HF readmission rates, 3 with some studies reporting rates
approaching 45% at 6 months. Moreover, improved hospital 6 ,7 and postdischarge 8 -12 care, …

… readmissions and timing, as well as risk factors in a real world heart failure (HF) population.
… Time to first all-cause or HF readmission, as well as number of 1 year readmissions from …