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Exploring risk factors of short-term readmission in heart failure patients: A cohort study

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundThe risk of all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) has been studied previously. Readmission risk of HF patients was rarely explored.
Xiao Na Niu, He Wen, Nan Sun, Ran Zhao, Ting Wang, Yan Li   +5 more
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Effect of Self-determination Theory-based Discharge Program on Lifestyle and Readmission of Patients with Heart Failure: A Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Evidence-Based Care, 2020
Background: Lifestyle and behaviors of human beings are major factors in cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, a discharge program based on Self-determination Theory could improve the lifestyle of the patients. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect
Tahere Sarboozi Hosein َAbadi, Mohammad Namazi Nia, Seyed Reza Mazlom   +2 more
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The Impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on Hospital Readmission and Length-of-Stay among Multi-Morbid Elderly Patients: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Analysis

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2023
Coordinating follow-up care after discharge from hospital is critical to ensuring good outcomes for patients, but is difficult when multiple care providers are involved.
Douglas Spangler, Wilhelm Linder, Ulrika Winblad   +2 more
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The effect of home care on readmission and mortality rate in patients with diabetes who underwent general surgeries

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
BACKGROUND: More than one-half of people with diabetes need at least one surgery in their lifespan. Few studies have addressed how to manage the needs of these patients after discharge from the hospital.
Lila Faridani, Parvaneh Abazari, Maryam Heidarpour, Hamid Melali, Mojtaba Akbari   +4 more
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Effect of the Age-Adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index on All-Cause Mortality and Readmission in Older Surgical Patients: A National Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundIdentifying a high-risk group of older people before surgical procedures is very important. The study aimed to explore the association between the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI) and all-cause mortality and readmission among ...
Xiao-Ming Zhang, Xin-Juan Wu, Jing Cao, Na Guo, Hai-Xin Bo, Yu-Fen Ma, Jing Jiao, Chen Zhu   +7 more
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Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Surgical Readmissions [PDF]

JAMA Surgery, 2018
Importance Readmissions after surgery lead to poor patient outcomes and increased costs. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals with excess readmissions after specified medical and surgical discharges. Objective To evaluate the association of the HRRP with readmissions after major joint surgery (targeted) and ...
Tudor, Borza, Mary K., Oreline, Ted A., Skolarus, Edward C., Norton, Andrew M., Ryan, Chad, Ellimoottil, Justin B., Dimick, Vahakn B., Shahinian, Brent K., Hollenbeck   +8 more
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Explainable time-series deep learning models for the prediction of mortality, prolonged length of stay and 30-day readmission in intensive care patients

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundIn-hospital mortality, prolonged length of stay (LOS), and 30-day readmission are common outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU). Traditional scoring systems and machine learning models for predicting these outcomes usually ignore the ...
Yuhan Deng, Shuang Liu, Ziyao Wang, Yuxin Wang, Yong Jiang, Yong Jiang, Baohua Liu   +6 more
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Reduction of hospital readmissions [PDF]

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2022
In recent years, healthcare spending has risen and become a burden on many governments. There are multiple reasons for this increase such as overtesting, long medical treatment path, ignoring doctors' orders, ineffective use of technologies, medical errors, many hospital readmissions, unnecessary emergency room (ER) visits, and medical treatment ...
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Association of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Versus Aortic Dissection on Outcomes After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Because thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has become the standard of care for complicated type B aortic dissection (TBAD) and descending thoracic aortic (DTA) aneurysm, it is important to understand outcomes and use of TEVAR across ...
Irsa S. Hasan, James A. Brown, Derek Serna‐Gallegos, Edgar Aranda‐Michel, Sarah Yousef, Yisi Wang, Ibrahim Sultan   +6 more
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Evaluating data across care boundaries: integrated care in the context of multi-morbidity

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Effective discharge of patients from hospital represents a key step in provision of effective integrated care. The discharge process is rarely evaluated, from an informatics perspective, due to data acquisition challenges.
Timothy Robbins, Sarah N. Lim Choi Keung, Sailesh Sankaranarayanan, Harpal Randeva, Theodoros N. Arvanitis   +4 more
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