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Bertalan Mesko,MD,PhD    Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center  Colorectal Cancer Screen  CDC.gov  
 | Background— More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. The contributions of numeracy and health literacy to recidivism for patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are not known. Methods and Results— A cohort of patients with acute heart failure who presented to 4 emergency departments between January [...] Chinese translation Background: Reducing length of stay (LOS) has been a priority for hospitals and health care systems. However,there is concern that this reduction may result in increased hospital readmissions. Objective: To determine trends in hospital LOS and 30-day readmission rates for all medical diagnoses combined and 5 specific common diagnoses in the [...] Background— Heart failure (HF) readmission rates are primarily derived from Medicare enrollees. Given increasing public scrutiny of HF readmissions,understanding the rate and predictors in populations covered by other payers is also important,particularly among patients with systolic dysfunction,for whom most HF-specific therapies are targeted. Methods and Results— MarketScan Commercial and Medicaid Administrative [...] Background and Purpose— Patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke may have undetected paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). We established the Stroke and Monitoring for PAF in Real Time (SMART) Registry to determine the yield of 30-day outpatient PAF monitoring in cryptogenic ischemic stroke. Methods— The SMART Registry was a 3-year,prospective multicenter registry of 239 patients with [...] JP Broderick,TG Brott,JE Duldner,T Tomsick,G HusterJul 1,1993;24:987-993 Stroke:Most-Cited Full-Text Articles Background: In-hospital mortality measures,which are widely used to assess hospital quality,are not based on a standardized follow-up period and may systematically favor hospitals with shorter lengths of stay (LOSs). Objective: To assess the agreement between performance measures of U.S. hospitals by using risk-standardized in-hospital and 30-day mortality rates. Design: Observational study. [...] |
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