Etiologies and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Heart Failure: An Updated Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Readmissions in heart failure (HF), historically reported as 20%, contribute to significant patient morbidity and high financial cost to the healthcare system. The changing population landscape and risk factor dynamics mandate periodic epidemiologic reassessment of HF readmissions.

Methods

National Readmission Database (NRD, 2019) was used to identify HF-related hospitalizations and evaluated for demographic, admission characteristics, and comorbidity differences between patients readmitted vs. those not readmitted at 30-days. Causes of readmission and predictors of all-cause, HF-specific, and non-HF-related readmissions were analyzed.

Results

Of 48,971 HF patients, the readmitted cohort was younger (mean 67.4 vs. 68.9 years, p≤0.001), had hi

SUBMITTER: Jain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406555 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature