For heart failure patients, risk of in-hospital death has decreased; readmission rate has increased
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 17:32
in Health & Medicine
An analysis of Medicare data from 1993 through 2006 for older patients hospitalized for heart failure indicates that along with a decrease in hospital length of stay, the rate of in-hospital and 30-day mortality has decreased, while the rate of hospital readmission and discharge to skilled nursing facilities has increased, according to a study in the June 2 issue of JAMA.