February 2, 2017
View Full PaperNational Trends in Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2013
Structured PICO
How have hospitalization rates, treatments, and outcomes for atrial fibrillation changed among Medicare beneficiaries between 1999 and 2013?
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Population
Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation between 1999 and 2013
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Intervention
Inpatient therapies such as atrial fibrillation catheter ablation
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Outcome
In-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission, 30-day mortality, and 1-year mortalityhard clinical
Despite increased hospitalization and use of costly inpatient therapies for atrial fibrillation, clinical outcomes including mortality and readmission improved significantly from 1999 to 2013 among Medicare beneficiaries.
Abstract
Between 1999 and 2013, among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, patients were hospitalized more frequently and treated with more costly inpatient therapies such as AF catheter ablation, but this finding was associated with improved outcomes, including lower rates of in-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission, 30-day mortality, and 1-year mortality.