Aligning quality and payment for heart failure care: Defining the challenges
Havranek EP, Krumholz HM, Dudley RA, Adams K, Gregory D, Lampert S, Lindenfeld J, Massie BM, Pina I, Restaino S, Rich MW, Konstam MA. Aligning quality and payment for heart failure care: Defining the challenges. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2003, 9: 251-254. PMID: 13680543, DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-quality careQuality careHeart Failure SocietyHeart failure careHeart failure patientsQuality of careFailure patientsHeart failureReadmission ratesRecent roundtable discussionDisease severityInterests of patientsCarePatientsHospitalReimbursement systemReimbursement schemesEmpty bedsPhysicians