Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care often sicker, have poorer outcomes
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one year, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
