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Prediction Screening To Identify Heart Failure Patients At High Risk For Readmission, Kelly L. Taylor
Prediction Screening To Identify Heart Failure Patients At High Risk For Readmission, Kelly L. Taylor
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Background: There is an increased need to identify factors associated with higher risk for excessive HF re-hospitalizations due to hospitals receiving financial penalties related to these re-hospitalizations and poorer patient outcomes. Identifying HF patients at highest risk for re-hospitalization with a screening instrument upon admission to the hospital would allow for early implementation of interventions tailored around reducing risk factors for re-hospitalization.
Objectives: The specific aims of this study were to 1) identify characteristics that were predictive of HF re-hospitalization; and 2) use those characteristics to create a screening instrument.
Methods: A total of 158 patients (age=63±13; 50.6% female; 73.4% …