Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals
Mulvey GK, Wang Y, Lin Z, Wang OJ, Chen J, Keenan PS, Drye EE, Rathore SS, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure Among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Heart Hospitals. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2009, 2: 558-565. PMID: 20031893, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.108.826784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesRisk-standardized readmission ratesReadmission ratesHeart failureMortality rateBest HospitalsAmerica's Best HospitalsMedical administrative dataReadmission analysisHeart HospitalHeart surgeryCardiac conditionsPatientsHospitalMortality analysisReadmissionAdministrative dataHierarchical regression modelsWorld ReportRegression modelsFailureReportSurgeryMortalityRate