Association Between Hospital Volume and 30-Day Readmissions Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

With the approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at intermediate surgical risk, TAVR volume is projected to increase exponentially in the United States. The 30-day readmission rate for TAVR was recently reported at 17.9%. The association between institutional TAVR volume and the 30-day readmission metric has not been examined.

Objective

To assess the association between hospital TAVR volume and 30-day readmission.

Design, setting, and participants

In this observational study, we used the 2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database to identify hospitals with established TAVR programs (performing at least 5 TAVRs in the first quarter of 2014). Based on annual TAVR volume, hospitals were classifi

SUBMITTER: Khera S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710612 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature