Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Is Associated With 30-Day Readmissions and Hospital Visits Among Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT: Background Long-term air pollution exposure is a significant risk factor for inpatient hospital admissions in the general population. However, we lack information on whether long-term air pollution exposure is a risk factor for hospital readmissions, particularly in individuals with elevated readmission rates. Methods and Results We determined the number of readmissions and total hospital visits (outpatient visits+emergency room visits+inpatient admissions) for 20 920 individuals with heart failure. We used quasi-Poisson regression models to associate annual average fine particulate matter at the date of heart failure diagnosis with the number of hospital visits and 30-day readmissions. We used inverse probability weights to balance the distribution of confounders and adjust for the compet

SUBMITTER: Ward-Caviness CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8200693 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature