Despite available therapy, mortality and readmission rates within 60–90 days of discharge
for patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) approach 15% and 30%, respectively. This …

Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome, which is becoming a major public health problem in
recent decades, due to its increasing prevalence, especially in the developed countries …

Hospital readmission measures have been touted not only as a quality measure but also as
a means to bend the healthcare cost curve. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the …

Background Hospitalizations for heart failure are associated with a high post-discharge risk
for mortality. Identification of modifiable predictors of post-discharge mortality during …

Objective To characterize the absolute risks for older patients of readmission to hospital and
death in the year after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or …

Background More than 30% of patients hospitalized for heart failure are rehospitalized or die
within 90 days of discharge. Lower health literacy is associated with mortality among …

Heart failure (HF) hospitalization length of stay (LOS) has been associated with the risk of
subsequent readmission and mortality. We identified 19,927 hospitalized patients with HF …

Background: There has been a decline in hospital length of stay (LOS) after primary
percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction …

Aims Previous reports have provided conflicting data regarding the relationship between
length of stay (LOS) and subsequent readmission risk among patients hospitalized for heart …

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) are at heightened risk for acute exacerbation
requiring hospitalization. Although timely reporting of symptoms can expedite outpatient …