Association between process quality measures for heart failure and mortality among US veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The few available studies of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) care process indicators have not linked receipt of recommended care processes in heart failure (HF) with lower mortality. Because the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) also tracks hospital inpatient quality reporting indicators, in addition to VHA-specific inpatient (pneumococcal and influenza vaccination) and outpatient (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor [ACEI] or angiotensin receptor blocker [ARB] use for left ventricular [LV] dysfunction and LV function documentation) care process indicators, we examined the association between receipt of these care processes and 30-day and 1-year mortality.

Methods

Retrospective study of 107,045 patie

SUBMITTER: Wu WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911696 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature