Why the study?
Does longer length of stay for acute heart failure hospitalization reduce the risk of readmission within 30 days?
Population
6,848 patients with acute heart failure from a clinical trial across 27 countries with 389 sites
Comparison
Longer length of stay for acute heart failure… vs Shorter length of stay
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Longer stays should not yet guide discharge decisions in acute HF; leaves open whether the association is causal.
Does longer length of stay for acute heart failure hospitalization reduce the risk of readmission within 30 days?
Longer hospital length of stay for acute heart failure is independently associated with lower 30-day readmission rates across countries and US hospitals.
Eapen et al. (2013) studied this question.