DISCHARGE HOME HEALTH REFERRAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER POST-DISCHARGE 30-DAY ALL-CAUSE READMISSION AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY AMONG OLDER MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE

Autor: Helen Sheriff, Wilbert Aronow, Sijian Zhang, Charity Morgan, Javed Butler, Ali Ahmed, Ross Fletcher, Marc Blackman, Gregg Fonarow, Christine S. Ritchie, Chakradhari Inampudi, Richard Allman, Prakash Deedwania, Wen-Chih Wu
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1429
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)31430-9
Popis: Discharge hospice referral may reduce 30-day all-cause readmission in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for HF. Homebound Medicare beneficiaries in need for skilled nursing care are eligible for home health care (HHC). However, whether a discharge HHC referral is associated with 30-day all-cause
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