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National Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009
Chen J, Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 61: 1078-1088. PMID: 23473413, PMCID: PMC3939721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital stay ratesLength of stayHF hospital stayHospital mortalityYears of ageHospital stayPatients 18Stay ratesNational Inpatient Sample dataU.S. hospital dischargesPatients 65 yearsPrimary discharge diagnosisSignificant declineOlder Medicare beneficiariesNational Inpatient SampleBlack menLarge national datasetHospital dischargeOlder patientsPatients 55Younger patientsDischarge diagnosisInpatient SampleMedicare beneficiariesAge 65
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Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ, Meehan TP. Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 263-70. PMID: 7600797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrude readmission ratesReadmission ratesDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsAge 65Three-year study periodStudy periodElderly Medicare beneficiariesAcute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Days postdischargeFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsAge 75Medicare beneficiariesAge groupsDRG groupsSignificant decreaseHospitalCorresponding ratesAgeFY 1993YearsMortality experience, 30-days and 365-days after admission, for the 20 most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients aged 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Mortality experience, 30-days and 365-days after admission, for the 20 most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients aged 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 137-42. PMID: 7729135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrude mortality rateMortality rateDRG categoriesFiscal year 1991Medicare inpatientConnecticut acute care hospitalsThree-year study periodStudy periodElderly Medicare beneficiariesAcute care hospitalsInpatient admissionsConnecticut hospitalsAge 75Medicare beneficiariesFiscal year 1993Age 65Age groupsMortality experienceDRG groupsYears 1991AdmissionInpatientsHospitalMortality differentialsThree-year periodTwenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Twenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 11-5. PMID: 7859443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsElderly Medicare beneficiariesElderly Medicare patientsAge group 65Acute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Care hospitalFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsGroup 65Medicare patientsAge subgroupsMedicare beneficiariesThree-year study periodAge 65Study periodDRG groupsNumber of dischargesMedicare dischargesHospitalYear periodYears