Predicted Mortality and Cardiology Follow-up Following Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Veterans Health Administration Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines recommend timely follow-up with a cardiology specialist for patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF), but it is unknown whether the timeliness of specialty cardiovascular care after discharge correlates with clinical risk. We south to assess the association between estimated mortality risk and post-HF hospitalization cardiology follow-up.

Methods and results

In a cohort of veterans hospitalized with HF in acute care Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals between January 1, 2018, and September 15, 2022, we estimated the association of mortality risk at discharge with postdischarge cardiology encounters via logistic regression. We also evaluated the association between cardiology visits and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and de

SUBMITTER: Tisdale RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12228829 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature