Readmission Rates for Heart Failure in a Safety-Net Hospital
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Hospital strategies associated with 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure.
BACKGROUND Reducing hospital readmission rates is a national priority; however, evidence about hospital strategies that are associated with lower readmission rates is limited. We sought to identify hospital strategies that were associated with lower readmission rates for patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Using data from a Web-based survey of hospitals participating in national ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiac Failure
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1071-9164
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.249