The Association of Shared Care Networks With 30-Day Heart Failure Excessive Hospital Readmissions: Longitudinal Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher-than-expected heart failure (HF) readmissions affect half of US hospitals every year. The Hospital Reduction Readmission Program has reduced risk-adjusted readmissions, but it has also produced unintended consequences. Shared care models have been advocated for HF care, but the association of shared care networks with HF readmissions has never been investigated.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the association of shared care networks with 30-day HF excessive readmission rates using a longitudinal observational study.

Methods

We curated publicly available data on hospital discharges and HF excessive readmission ratios from hospitals in California between 2012 and 2017. Shared care areas were delineated as data-driven units of care coordination em

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature