Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has led to fewer readmissions following hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of heart failure (HF). Patients with HF are frequently hospitalized for other causes.

Objectives

This study sought to compare trends in Medicare risk-adjusted, 30-day readmissions following principal HF hospitalizations and other hospitalizations with HF.

Methods

This was a retrospective study of 12,973,853 Medicare hospitalizations with a principal or secondary diagnosis of HF between January 2008 and June 2015. Hospitalizations were categorized as follows: principal HF hospitalizations; principal acute myocardial infarction or pneumonia hospitalizations with secondary HF; and other hospitalizations with secondary HF. The

SUBMITTER: Blecker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011858 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature