Why the study?
Does discharge home health services referral reduce 30-day all-cause readmission in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure?
Does discharge home health services referral reduce 30-day all-cause readmission in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure?
Discharge home health services referral in older adults with heart failure was paradoxically associated with higher risks of all-cause readmission and mortality, which may reflect residual confounding by indication or disease severity.
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Should not change HF discharge practices; leaves open whether referral improves outcomes after confounder adjustment.
Arundel et al. (2018) studied this question.
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