Legislative Updates
Heart Failure Patients Discharged Faster, Readmissions and Post-Discharge Deaths Increase
Posted on: 6/11/2010
Those hospitalized for heart failure are being discharged faster, but the incidence of deaths following discharge and readmissions has increased according to a recent study performed at the Yale School of Medicine. The study used Medicare data to examine characteristics of heart failure patients from 1993-2006.
The study found that the average length of stay decreased by 2.5 days, from 8.8 days in 1993 to 6.3 days in 2006. The findings revealed that inpatient death rates decreased by nearly half to 4.3%; 30-day mortality decreased from 12.8% to 10.7%; and post-discharge deaths increased from 4.3% to 6.4%.
To read more in the Wall Street Journal, click here.
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