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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Relationship Between Early Physician Follow-up and 30-Day Readmission Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS Context Readmission after hospitalization for heart failure is common. Early outpa- Melissa A. Greiner, MS tient follow-up after hospitalization has been proposed as a means of reducing read- mission rates. However, there are limited data describing patterns of follow-up after Gregg C. Fonarow, MD heart failure hospitalization and its association with readmission rates. Bradley G. Hammill, MS Objective To examine associations between outpatient follow-up within 7 days af- Paul A. Heidenreich, MD ter discharge from a heart failure hospitalization and readmission within 30 days. Clyde W. Yancy, MD Design, Setting, and Patients Observational analysis of patients 65 years or older with heart failure and discharged to home from hospitals participating in the Orga- Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH nized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Fail- Lesley H. Curtis, PhD ure and the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure quality improvement program from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006. LINICIANS, PAYERS, AND Main Outcome Measure All-cause readmission within 30 days after discharge. policy makers seeking to Results The study population included 30 136
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Published: May 5, 2010
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