Relation of Acute Heart Failure Hospital Length of Stay to Subsequent Readmission and All-Cause Mortality

Heart failure (HF) hospitalization length of stay (LOS) has been associated with the risk of subsequent readmission and mortality. We identified 19,927 hospitalized patients with HF who were discharged alive from 2008 to 2011 from 3 Kaiser Permanente regions. In adjusted Cox models using LOS 3 to 4 ...

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Published in:	The American journal of cardiology Vol. 116; no. 3; pp. 400 - 405
Main Authors:	Reynolds, Kristi, Butler, Melissa G., Kimes, Teresa M., Rosales, A. Gabriela, Chan, Wing, Nichols, Gregory A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2015 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Acute Disease Aged Blood pressure Body mass index California - epidemiology Cardiovascular Cardiovascular disease Demographics Diabetes Diuretics Enzymes Family medical history Female Follow-Up Studies Funding Health risk assessment Heart failure Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - therapy Heart rate Hospital Mortality - trends Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Hypertension Kidney diseases Laboratories Length of Stay - trends Low density lipoprotein Male Mortality Patient Readmission - trends Patients Pharmaceuticals Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Retrospective Studies Review boards Studies Survival Rate - trends Time Factors Variables California Oregon United States > US
ISSN:	0002-9149, 1879-1913
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