The Three-Phase Terrain of Heart Failure Readmissions
Key result
Heart failure hospitalizations carry high prognostic risk, with over 50% of patients readmitted within 6 months and 20% mortality at 1 year.
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Editorial
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Implication
Heart failure hospitalizations are associated with high readmission rates and costs, making them a target for quality improvement and cost reduction.
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Heart failure hospitalizations are associated with high readmission rates and costs, making them a target for quality improvement and cost reduction.
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Akshay S. Desai (2012) conducted an editorial in Heart failure. Heart failure hospitalizations carry high prognostic risk, with over 50% of patients readmitted within 6 months and 20% mortality at 1 year.