National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure
Kosiborod M, Lichtman JH, Heidenreich PA, Normand SL, Wang Y, Brass LM, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure. The American Journal Of Medicine 2006, 119: 616.e1-616.e7. PMID: 16828634, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure managementHeart failureElderly patientsHospital readmissionFailure managementOne-year mortalityThirty-day readmissionRisk-adjusted analysisCause hospital readmissionReferent yearCause mortalityReadmissionMedicare beneficiariesBetter outcomesMortality trendsMortalityPatientsRisk adjustmentTemporal trendsNational trendsOutcomesNational sampleFailureYears