Can home care for homebound patients with chronic heart failure reduce hospitalizations and costs?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congestive heart failure (CHF), a common problem in adults, is associated with multiple hospitalizations, high mortality rates and high costs.

Purpose

To evaluate whether home care for homebound patients with CHF reduces healthcare service utilization and overall costs.

Methods

A retrospective study of healthcare utilization among homebound patients who received home care for CHF from 2012-1015. The outcome measures were number of hospital admissions per month, total number of hospitalization days and days for CHF only, emergency room visits, and overall costs. A comparison was conducted between the 6-month period prior to entry into home care and the time in home care.

Results

Over the study period 196 patients were treated by home care for CHF with

SUBMITTER: Punchik B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5533329 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature