Population
145,191 US Medicare and Medicaid patients receiving home health care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
44 days (average length of stay)
Authors
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May warrant closer monitoring in HF home care; leaves open whether interventions can reduce hospitalizations or boost functional gains.
Heart failure patients receiving home health care experience significant rates of hospitalization and only marginal improvements in functional status.
Elizabeth A. Madigan (2008) studied this question.
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