Use of Post-acute Care Services and Readmissions After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Privately Insured Patients
Dunlay SM, Haas LR, Herrin J, Schilz SR, Stulak JM, Kushwaha SS, Shah ND. Use of Post-acute Care Services and Readmissions After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Privately Insured Patients. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2015, 21: 816-823. PMID: 26093335, PMCID: PMC4591181, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-acute care useVentricular assist device implantationPost-acute care servicesAssist device implantationCare useHospital dischargeReadmission riskDevice implantationCare servicesUnited States health planHealth care resource utilizationEnd of coverageLonger hospital lengthPeripheral vascular diseaseSkilled nursing facilitiesState Health PlanHeart transplantationHospital lengthLVAD implantationHeart failureHospital readmissionDevice complicationsVascular diseaseHospital characteristicsAdministrative claims