Why the study?
The study aimed to determine the association between an inpatient palliative care encounter and 30-day rehospitalization among patients hospitalized for heart failure.
Does an inpatient palliative care encounter reduce 30-day rehospitalization in hospitalizations for heart failure?
Population
3,534,480 index hospitalizations for heart failure from the Nationwide Readmission Database
Comparison
Inpatient palliative care encounter vs no palliative care encounter
Design
Cross-sectional study
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support palliative care integration during HF hospitalizations; leaves open causal benefit pending randomized trials.
Does an inpatient palliative care encounter reduce 30-day rehospitalization in hospitalizations for heart failure?
Inpatient palliative care encounters during heart failure hospitalizations are associated with a significantly lower risk of 30-day readmission.
Yazdanyar et al. (2022) studied this question.
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