Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006
Bueno H, Ross JS, Wang Y, Chen J, Vidán MT, Normand SL, Curtis JP, Drye EE, Lichtman JH, Keenan PS, Kosiborod M, Krumholz HM. Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006. JAMA 2010, 303: 2141-2147. PMID: 20516414, PMCID: PMC3020983, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayShort-term outcomesHeart failureReadmission ratesHospital mortalityDischarge dispositionRisk ratioThirty-day readmission ratesMortality risk ratioSkilled nursing facilitiesHome care servicesHospital stayOlder patientsUnadjusted analysesMedicare patientsObservational studyMedicare feeNursing facilitiesPatientsStayCare servicesMortalityMarked reductionMean lengthOutcomes