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A Propensity-Matched, Mortality-Adjusted Study Of Palliative Care Consult To Reduce 90-Day Hospital Readmission In A Heart Failure Cohort, Janice Shirley
A Propensity-Matched, Mortality-Adjusted Study Of Palliative Care Consult To Reduce 90-Day Hospital Readmission In A Heart Failure Cohort, Janice Shirley
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) to reduce the frequency of heart failure (HF) 30-day hospital readmissions. To meet the needs of patients with end-stage HF, palliative care (PC) is promoted to provide additional support to patients and reduceunnecessary hospital readmission. While PC is a plausible and logical intervention, effectiveness in achieving reductions in readmissions has not been assessed ina HF population with adequate controls to assess confounding.
The goal of this research was to assess the effectiveness of Palliative care for HF (HFPC) consult to effect change in 90-day hospital readmissions …