Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is linked to reduced mortality and morbidity, including improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychosocial state, and quality of life in patients with heart failure (HF). However, little is known about CR utilization among patients with HF.

Objective

We sought to determine (a) the proportion of patients with HF who participated in CR and (b) patient characteristics associated with participation.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted with the use of national data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Veterans Health Administration. We used primary discharge ICD-9 codes to identify patients hospitalized for HF during 2007-2011 and identified CR participation with the use of current procedure termino

SUBMITTER: Park LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454027 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature