Readmission and Mortality After Hospitalization for Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure
Ko DT, Khera R, Lau G, Qiu F, Wang Y, Austin PC, Koh M, Lin Z, Lee DS, Wijeysundera HC, Krumholz HM. Readmission and Mortality After Hospitalization for Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 75: 736-746. PMID: 32081282, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPost-discharge mortalityHospital mortalityReadmission ratesHospitalization ratesMyocardial infarctionMortality rateRisk-adjusted mortality ratesHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramHF hospitalization ratesHeart failure hospitalizationPatients 65 yearsReadmissions Reduction ProgramFailure hospitalizationHF patientsSecondary outcomesHospital readmissionPrimary outcomeReadmissionMortalityAMI hospitalization ratesStudy periodPattern of outcomesHospitalizationOutcomesPost-discharge acute care and outcomes following readmission reduction initiatives: national retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States
Khera R, Wang Y, Bernheim SM, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Post-discharge acute care and outcomes following readmission reduction initiatives: national retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. The BMJ 2020, 368: l6831. PMID: 31941686, PMCID: PMC7190056, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l6831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureCare utilizationPost-discharge periodEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionDay mortalityCohort studyHospital admissionObservation unitAcute careNational retrospective cohort studyPost-acute care utilizationHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramObservation unit carePost-discharge mortalityDay readmission rateRisk of deathReadmissions Reduction ProgramReadmission reduction initiativesReadmission ratesUnit careInpatient unit