Background Although young women (aged≤ 55 years) are at higher risk than similarly aged
men for hospital readmission within 1 year after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), no risk …

Background and Purpose: Although there have been decreases noted in 30-day
readmission rates for persons with heart failure since enactment of the Hospital …

Aims Economic burden of heart failure is attributed to hospital readmissions. Previous
studies assessing risk factors for readmissions have focused on single group of risk factors …

Objectives: To access the correlation between the type of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
with the needs of hospitalized patients. Methods: A sample of 454 hospitalized patients with …

Objective To investigate whether hospital readmission after admission for heart failure (HF),
myocardial infarction (MI), and pneumonia varies by season. Data Sources All patients in …

Introduction Marital/Partner support is associated with lower mortality and morbidity
following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke. Despite an increasing focus on the …

Aim To explore the feasibility of the electronic assessment of potentially inappropriate
medication (PIM) criteria in a large administrative database and to explore the validity of the …

Background While socioeconomic status has been linked to hospital readmissions for
several conditions, reliable measures of individual socioeconomic status are often not …

Home treatment for heart failure (HF) is one of the most important problems in patients after
discharge as a secondary preventive measure for rehospitalization for HF. However, there …

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of hospitalization in the
United States, and patients with CVD are at a high risk of readmission after discharge. We …