Hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure: the impact of hospital and primary care organizational factors in Northern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary health care is essential for an appropriate management of heart failure (HF), a disease which is a major clinical and public health issue and a leading cause of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of different organizational factors on readmissions of patients with HF.

Methods

The study population included elderly resident in the Local Health Authority of Bologna (Northern Italy) and discharged with a diagnosis of HF from January to December 2010. Unplanned hospital readmissions were measured in four timeframes: 30 (short-term), 90 (medium-term), 180 (mid-long-term), and 365 days (long-term). Using multivariable multilevel Poisson regression analyses, we investigated the association between readmissions and organizational fact

SUBMITTER: Avaldi VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444393 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature