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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"HF readmissions"”.
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Characteristics and outcomes of acute heart failure in sub Saharan Africa
… and clinical characteristic of patients with AHF, 2) their echocardiographic parameters and how they predict outcome, 3) the predictors of readmission and mortality, 4) the prevalence and impact of renal dysfunction on AHF and 5) the electrocardiographic pattern in AHF. The outcome measures …
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Health Literacy, Cognitive Impairment, and Medication Adherence in Veterans with Heart Failure
Background: Heart failure (HF) affects 5.8 million people in the United States, costly in terms of patient mortality and morbidity as well as healthcare dollars. One important manifestation of poor HF outcomes is the excessive admission-readmission cycle. Non-adherence to medication is responsible …
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Transitional Care to Reduce 30-day Heart Failure Readmissions Among the Long-Term Care Elderly Population
… increased focus on reducing preventable hospital readmissions. This initiative started with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (CMS, 2014), which sets forth certain provisions for Medicare spending. Hospitals with higher than usual readmission rates, especially in terms of …