Patient Readmission

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 30-Day Outcomes After Intraoperative Leak Testing for Bariatric Surgery Patients. 
  • 30-Day outcomes analysis of NSQIP-pediatric for surgical management of head and neck lymphatic malformations in children. 
  • 30-Day risk-standardized mortality and readmission rates after ischemic stroke in critical access hospitals. 
  • 315 Race as a Predictor of Postoperative Hospital Readmission After Spine Surgery. 
  • A Hospital Level Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Performance for Heart Failure Patients and Long-Term Survival: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • A Novel In-hospital Congestion Score to Risk Stratify Patients Admitted for Worsening Heart Failure (from ASCEND-HF). 
  • A Novel Risk Calculator Predicts 90-Day Readmission Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • A Prospective Pilot Study of Pocket-Carried Ultrasound Pre- and Postdischarge Inferior Vena Cava Assessment for Prediction of Heart Failure Rehospitalization. 
  • A Respiratory Therapist-Driven Asthma Pathway Reduced Hospital Length of Stay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 
  • A Validated Pre-operative Risk Prediction Tool for Extended Inpatient Length of Stay Following Primary Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • A Weighted Index of Elixhauser Comorbidities for Predicting 90-day Readmission After Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • A case-control study of nosocomial ampicillin-resistant enterococcal infection and colonization at a university hospital. 
  • A composite index for predicting readmission following emergency general surgery. 
  • A national analysis of open versus minimally invasive thymectomy for stage I to III thymoma. 
  • A perioperative multidisciplinary care bundle reduces surgical site infections in patients undergoing synchronous colorectal and liver resection. 
  • A quality assurance program for an inpatient department of ophthalmology. 'Indicators and criteria'. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of outpatient commitment in North Carolina. 
  • A validated preoperative risk prediction tool for discharge to skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility following anatomic or reverse shoulder arthroplasty. 
  • ASO Author Reflections: Identifying Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Chondrosarcoma. 
  • ASO Visual Abstract: Identifying Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Osteosarcoma-A National Cancer Database Study. 
  • Accelerated Discharge After Aseptic Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Does Not Predict Inferior 30-Day Outcomes. 
  • Accelerated discharge after aseptic revision knee arthroplasty is not associated with early readmission and reoperation. 
  • Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease. 
  • Accuracy of Medical Claims for Identifying Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events After Myocardial Infarction : A Secondary Analysis of the TRANSLATE-ACS Study. 
  • Accurately Diagnosing COPD: A Clinical Challenge With Important Consequences. 
  • Acute Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF) Trial. 
  • Acute and long-term cost implications of coronary stenting. 
  • Acute decompensated heart failure patients admitted to critical care units: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Acute readmission following deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: A nationwide analysis. 
  • Addressing the 100% of heart failure: a call for complete care of all ages. 
  • Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: Early Operative versus Observational Management. 
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. 
  • Advanced Practice Provider Versus Physician-Only Outpatient Follow-Up After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Advances in stroke: Prevention and health services delivery 2012-2013. 
  • Advancing Value-Based Models for Heart Failure: A Call to Action From the Value in Healthcare Initiative's Value-Based Models Learning Collaborative. 
  • Adverse Events and Bundled Costs after Cranial Neurosurgical Procedures: Validation of the LACE Index Across 40,431 Admissions and Development of the LACE-Cranial Index. 
  • Aetiology, timing and clinical predictors of early vs. late readmission following index hospitalization for acute heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Alirocumab Reduces Total Hospitalizations and Increases Days Alive and Out of Hospital in the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Trial. 
  • American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Delirium Prevention. 
  • An ACS-NSQIP Analysis of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Trends from 2013 to 2018. 
  • Analysis of 30-day readmission after aortoiliac and infrainguinal revascularization using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set. 
  • Analysis of early readmissions after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. 
  • Aortic Insufficiency During Contemporary Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: Analysis of the INTERMACS Registry. 
  • Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study. 
  • Appropriate Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Acute Dyspnea in Emergency Department or Inpatient Settings: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians. 
  • Appropriate patient selection for outpatient shoulder arthroplasty: a risk prediction tool. 
  • Are PRO discharge screens associated with postdischarge adverse outcomes? 
  • Are we targeting the right metric for heart failure? Comparison of hospital 30-day readmission rates and total episode of care inpatient days. 
  • Arrival by ambulance in acute heart failure: insights into the mode of presentation from Acute Studies of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Arterial access site and outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with and without vorapaxar. 
  • Arthroplasty Surgeons Do Not Improve Acute Outcomes for Patients With Hip Fracture Relative to Other Subspecialists. 
  • Aspirin use and outcomes in a community-based cohort of 7352 patients discharged after first hospitalization for heart failure. 
  • Assessing Heuristic Bias During Care for Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Assessing post-discharge costs of hepatopancreatic surgery: an evaluation of Medicare expenditure. 
  • Assessing the New York City involuntary outpatient commitment pilot program. 
  • Assessing the clinical and economic burden of coronary artery disease: 1986-1998. 
  • Assessment of four stakeholder groups' preferences concerning outpatient commitment for persons with schizophrenia. 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association Between Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention. 
  • Association Between Hospital Volume, Processes of Care, and Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Heart Failure: Insights From Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Association Between Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and Readmission for Thromboembolism Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Concomitant Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Association Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and 30-Day Mortality and Readmission for Patients With Common Neurologic Conditions. 
  • Association Between Thrombolytic Door-to-Needle Time and 1-Year Mortality and Readmission in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. 
  • Association between albumin administration and survival in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study. 
  • Association between periprocedural bleeding and long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients. 
  • Association of 30-Day Readmission Metric for Heart Failure Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Quality of Care and Outcomes. 
  • Association of Electronic Health Record Use With Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Analysis of Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Association of Integrated Care Coordination With Postsurgical Outcomes in High-Risk Older Adults: The Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Initiative. 
  • Association of Kidney Function With 30-Day and 1-Year Poststroke Mortality and Hospital Readmission. 
  • Association of Patient Enrollment in Medicare Part D With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Association of Pulmonary Hypertension With Clinical Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Association of Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitor Treatment With Mortality and Heart Failure Readmission in Patients With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Association of US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital 30-Day Risk-Standardized Readmission Metric With Care Quality and Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry/Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With the Guidelines. 
  • Association of Vision Loss With Hospital Use and Costs Among Older Adults. 
  • Association of an Enhanced Recovery Pilot With Length of Stay in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Association of early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission after non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction among older patients. 
  • Association of post-discharge specialty outpatient visits with readmissions and mortality in high-risk heart failure patients. 
  • Association of postdischarge complications with reoperation and mortality in general surgery. 
  • Association of postoperative complications and outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Association of readmission penalty amount with subsequent 30-day risk standardized readmission and mortality rates among patients hospitalized with heart failure: An analysis of get with the guidelines - heart failure participating centers. 
  • Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Implementation With Readmission and Mortality Outcomes in Heart Failure. 
  • Association of weight change with subsequent outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Associations Between Long-Term Air Pollutant Exposure and 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions in US Patients With Stroke. 
  • Associations between aldosterone antagonist therapy and risks of mortality and readmission among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. 
  • Associations between anticoagulation therapy and risks of mortality and readmission among patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. 
  • Associations between atrial fibrillation and early outcomes of patients with heart failure and reduced or preserved ejection fraction. 
  • Associations between published quality ratings of skilled nursing facilities and outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. 
  • Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients. 
  • Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure. 
  • Bundle Up for Value-Based Heart Failure Care. 
  • Can 2 Pills a Day Keep Readmission Away?: Sacubitril/Valsartan to Reduce 30-Day Heart Failure Readmissions. 
  • Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals. 
  • Care Transitions After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Transferred-In Versus Direct-Arrival Patients. 
  • Carvedilol use at discharge in patients hospitalized for heart failure is associated with improved survival: an analysis from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Causes and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy: An Analysis of 15,167 Cases. 
  • Causes of death and rehospitalization in patients hospitalized with worsening heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: results from Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan (EVEREST) program. 
  • Changes in Dyspnea Status During Hospitalization and Postdischarge Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Findings From the EVEREST Trial. 
  • Characteristics and risk factors for 90-day readmission following shoulder arthroplasty. 
  • Characteristics of Acute Heart Failure Hospitalizations Based on Presenting Severity. 
  • Charges for Alcoholic Cirrhosis Exceed All Other Etiologies of Cirrhosis Combined: A National and State Inpatient Survey Analysis. 
  • Classifying general medicine readmissions. Are they preventable? Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies in Health Services Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmissions. 
  • Climbing out of the black hole of subacute care. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Statin Therapy After Ischemic Stroke: Primary Results From the Statin Therapeutic Area of the Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Study. 
  • Clinical characteristics associated with poor long-term survival among patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing saphenous vein graft interventions. 
  • Clinical effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy among older patients with heart failure and without atrial fibrillation: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Clinical effectiveness of beta-blockers in heart failure: findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure) Registry. 
  • Clinical outcomes and costs due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. 
  • Clinical outcomes at 1 year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Clinical predictors and outcome implications of early readmission in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Clinical value of pre-discharge bio-adrenomedullin as a marker of residual congestion and high risk of heart failure hospital readmission. 
  • Combined use of warfarin and oral P2Y12 inhibitors in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Combining Diuretic Response and Hemoconcentration to Predict Rehospitalization After Admission for Acute Heart Failure. 
  • Commentary: Are we home yet? 
  • Commentary: Time-varying variables-predictively predictive prediction in a coronary artery bypass grafting readmission predictive model. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of β-Blocker Use Beyond 3 Years After Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Patients. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator versus defibrillator therapy alone: a cohort study. 
  • Comparison of Mortality and Readmission in Non-Ischemic Versus Ischemic Cardiomyopathy After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation. 
  • Comparison of composite measure methodologies for rewarding quality of care: an analysis from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program. 
  • Comparison of hand-carried ultrasound assessment of the inferior vena cava and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide for predicting readmission after hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Comparison of long-term outcomes between older Asian and white patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: findings from CRUSADE-CMS database. 
  • Complicated Appendicitis: Are Extended Antibiotics Necessary? A Post Hoc Analysis of the EAST Appendicitis "MUSTANG" Study. 
  • Complications and 30-Day readmission rates after craniotomy/craniectomy: A single Institutional study of 243 consecutive patients. 
  • Complications in total shoulder and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty by body mass index. 
  • Consensus Recommendations for the Conduct, Training, Implementation, and Research of Perioperative Handoffs. 
  • Corticosteroids and increased risk of readmission after acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Mitral Valve Repair Versus Replacement for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network. 
  • Cumulative incidence of death and rehospitalization among the elderly in the first year after NSTEMI. 
  • Current Evidence Does Not Support Medicare's 3-Day Rule in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Current trends and 30-day surgical outcomes for thyroglossal duct cyst excision in children. 
  • Day of admission and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized for heart failure: findings from the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Defining and improving postoperative care. 
  • Definition and Analysis of Textbook Outcome: A Novel Quality Measure in Kidney Transplantation. 
  • Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: observations from the IMPACT-HF registry. 
  • Depressive symptoms and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Design and rationale of a retrospective clinical effectiveness study of aldosterone antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure. 
  • Determinants and outcomes of acute transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy or embolization: a study of multiple valve implants in the U.S. PARTNER trial (Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve Trial Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve). 
  • Determinants of remaining in the community after discharge: results from New Jersey's Nursing Home Transition Program. 
  • Development of a clinical registry-based 30-day readmission measure for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. 
  • Development of a method to risk stratify patients with heart failure for 30-day readmission using implantable device diagnostics. 
  • Diabetes Mellitus and Risk Stratification After Peripheral Artery Revascularization. 
  • Diagnostic usefulness and prognostic implications of the mitral E/E' ratio in patients with heart failure and severe secondary mitral regurgitation. 
  • Diastolic Function and Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 Registry. 
  • Dichotomous Relationship Between Age and 30-Day Death or Rehospitalization in Heart Failure Patients Admitted With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Results From the ASCEND-HF Trial. 
  • Differences in Hospital Readmission Risk across All Payer Groups in South Carolina. 
  • Differences in health care use and outcomes by the timing of in-hospital worsening heart failure. 
  • Differences in pain management between hematologists and hospitalists caring for patients with sickle cell disease hospitalized for vasoocclusive crisis. 
  • Differences in short-term versus long-term outcomes of older black versus white patients with myocardial infarction: findings from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines (CRUSADE). 
  • Digoxin initiation is associated with lower risk of all-cause readmission after hospitalisation for heart failure. 
  • Discharge destination influences risks of readmission and complications after lumbar spine surgery in severely disabled patients. 
  • Discharge to a skilled nursing facility and subsequent clinical outcomes among older patients hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Disease management interventions to improve outcomes in congestive heart failure. 
  • Diuretic response in acute heart failure: clinical characteristics and prognostic significance. 
  • Do countries or hospitals with longer hospital stays for acute heart failure have lower readmission rates?: Findings from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Does Favorable Selection Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees Affect Measurement of Hospital Readmission Rates? 
  • Does Perceived Resident Operative Autonomy Impact Patient Outcomes? 
  • Does increased access to primary care reduce hospital readmissions? Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmission. 
  • Does resident participation influence otolaryngology-head and neck surgery morbidity and mortality? 
  • Does surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty affect rehabilitation, discharge disposition, and readmission rate? 
  • Drivers and Risk Factors of Unplanned 30-Day Readmission Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation. 
  • Duration to Admission and Hospital Transfers Affect Facility Rankings from the Postacute 30-Day Rehospitalization Quality Measure. 
  • Early Ambulation Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients Is Associated With Reduced Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmissions. 
  • Early Discharge After Radical Nephrectomy: An Analysis of Complications and Readmissions. 
  • Early Postoperative Emergency Department Care of Abdominal Transplant Recipients. 
  • Early and long-term outcomes of heart failure in elderly persons, 2001-2005. 
  • Early diuretic strategies and the association with In-hospital and Post-discharge outcomes in acute heart failure. 
  • Early intravenous heart failure therapy and outcomes among older patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: findings from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Registry Emergency Module (ADHERE-EM). 
  • Early versus late readmission during the vulnerable phase following hospitalization for heart failure: reply. 
  • Early worsening heart failure in patients admitted with acute heart failure--a new outcome measure associated with long-term prognosis? 
  • Edifoligide and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT IV) 5-year results. 
  • Editorial commentary: "excess readmissions" for pneumonia: a dilemma with a penalty. 
  • Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols. 
  • Effect of Race/ethnicity, Insurance Status, and Area Deprivation on Hip Fracture Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States. 
  • Effect of a Hospital and Postdischarge Quality Improvement Intervention on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Care for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The CONNECT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of admission oral diuretic dose on response to continuous versus bolus intravenous diuretics in acute heart failure: an analysis from diuretic optimization strategies in acute heart failure. 
  • Effect of age on efficacy and safety of vorapaxar in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: Insights from the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER) trial. 
  • Effect of aliskiren on postdischarge mortality and heart failure readmissions among patients hospitalized for heart failure: the ASTRONAUT randomized trial. 
  • Effect of hospital use of oral nutritional supplementation on length of stay, hospital cost, and 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients with COPD. 
  • Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Effectiveness of Telemedicine Visits in Reducing 30-Day Readmissions Among Patients With Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 
  • Effectiveness of antimicrobial guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia in children. 
  • Effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment. 
  • Effects of Acute-Postacute Continuity on Community Discharge and 30-Day Rehospitalization Following Inpatient Rehabilitation. 
  • Effects of Conflicts of Interest on Practice Patterns and Complication Rates in Spine Surgery. 
  • Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effects of a companion program on college student volunteers and mental patients. 
  • Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in acute heart failure: Rationale and design of the DICTATE-AHF trial. 
  • Emergency Department (ED), ED Observation, Day Hospital, and Hospital Admissions for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease. 
  • Emergency Department Bouncebacks: Is Lack of Primary Care Access the Primary Cause? 
  • Emergency Department Visits Versus Hospital Readmissions Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. 
  • Emergency department observation of heart failure: preliminary analysis of safety and cost. 
  • Emergency department utilisation and critical readmission in patients with Fontan circulation. 
  • Emergency department visits in Veterans Affairs medical facilities. 
  • Enhanced access to primary care for patients with congestive heart failure. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmission. 
  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Patients Readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Admission. 
  • Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of sustained ventricular arrhythmias after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Evaluating the association of same-day discharge following minimally invasive surgery for prolapse on 30-day postoperative adverse events. 
  • Evaluating treatment efficacy by multiple end points in phase II acute heart failure clinical trials: analyzing data using a global method. 
  • Eviction as a Disruptive Factor in Health Care Utilization: Impact on Hospital Readmissions and No-show Rates. 
  • Evolving the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A Call for Peace, Happiness, and Improved Patient-Centered Outcomes. 
  • Examining reoperation and readmission after hepatic surgery. 
  • Exploring patterns of health service use in older emergency department patients. 
  • Extended-Duration Betrixaban Reduces the Risk of Rehospitalization Associated With Venous Thromboembolism Among Acutely Ill Hospitalized Medical Patients: Findings From the APEX Trial (Acute Medically Ill Venous Thromboembolism Prevention With Extended Duration Betrixaban Trial). 
  • Extent of surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer in the elderly: Equipoise in survival but not in short-term outcomes. 
  • Facility and Geographic Variation in Rates of Successful Community Discharge After Inpatient Rehabilitation Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries. 
  • Factors Associated With Early Readmission Among Patients Discharged to Post-Acute Care Facilities. 
  • Factors Associated With Successful Postoperative Day One Discharge After Anatomic Lung Resection. 
  • Factors Associated With and Prognostic Implications of Cardiac Troponin Elevation in Decompensated Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Findings From the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Program. 
  • Factors Influencing Hospital Readmission after Lower Extremity Bypass for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. 
  • Factors associated with 30-day unplanned pediatric surgical readmission. 
  • Factors associated with racial differences in all-cause 30-day readmission in adults with cardiovascular disease: an observational study of a large healthcare system. 
  • Factors identified as precipitating hospital admissions for heart failure and clinical outcomes: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Factors influencing postoperative adverse events after Hartmann's reversal. 
  • Focused cardiac ultrasound as a predictor of readmission in acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Follow-up of patients with new cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: is adherence to the experts' recommendations associated with improved outcomes? 
  • Frailty and risk in proximal aortic surgery. 
  • Frailty as a predictor of all-cause mortality and readmission in older patients with acute coronary syndrome : A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • From the psychiatric hospital to the community: integrating conditional release and contingency management. 
  • Functional Status Across Post-Acute Settings is Associated With 30-Day and 90-Day Hospital Readmissions. 
  • Gait Speed and 1-Year Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery: A Landmark Analysis From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Gender Differences in Clinical Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • General Complications after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Smokers: A 2005-2016 NSQIP Analysis. 
  • Geographic variation in resource use for coronary artery bypass surgery. IHD Port Investigators. 
  • Get With The Guidelines program participation, process of care, and outcome for Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Guideline-based educational intervention to decrease the risk for readmission of newborns with severe hyperbilirubinemia. 
  • Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy Improves Perioperative Outcomes Without Increasing Operative Time Compared to the Open Approach: a National Analysis of 8791 Patients. 
  • Has Public Reporting of Hospital Readmission Rates Affected Patient Outcomes?: Analysis of Medicare Claims Data. 
  • Health Optimization Program for Elders: Improving the Transition From Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility. 
  • Health resource utilization of labor induction versus expectant management. 
  • Healthcare Economics of Hydrocephalus After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the United States. 
  • Healthcare spending and utilization following antireflux surgery: examining costs and reasons for readmission. 
  • Heart rate at hospital discharge in patients with heart failure is associated with mortality and rehospitalization. 
  • Hemoconcentration-guided diuresis in heart failure. 
  • High Heart Failure Readmission Rates: Is It the Health System's Fault? 
  • Home Health Care Use and Post-Discharge Outcomes After Heart Failure Hospitalizations. 
  • Hospital Practice of Direct-Home Discharge and 30-Day Readmission After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (STS/ACC TVT) Registry. 
  • Hospital Quality Metrics: "America's Best Hospitals" and Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke. 
  • Hospital Readmission Within 2 Years Following Adult Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Surgery: Prevalence, Predictors, and Effect on Patient-derived Outcome Measures. 
  • Hospital Readmission and Costs of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 2009 and 2014: Potential Implications for Health Care Managers. 
  • Hospital Readmission in Total Hip Replacement Patients in 2009 and 2014. 
  • Hospital Readmissions and Mortality Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Patients With Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Findings From the COMPASS Cluster-Randomized Pragmatic Trial. 
  • Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. 
  • Hospital readmission among older adults who return home with unmet need for ADL disability. 
  • Hospital readmission in persons with dementia: A systematic review. 
  • Hospital readmission rates: are we measuring the right thing? 
  • Hospital readmissions after liver surgery for metastatic colorectal cancer. 
  • Hospital readmissions following HLA-incompatible live donor kidney transplantation: A multi-center study. 
  • Hospital readmissions in decompensated cirrhotics: Factors pointing toward a prevention strategy. 
  • Hospital readmissions reduction program. 
  • Hospital-level variation in mortality and rehospitalization for medicare beneficiaries with acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Hospitalizations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • How Reliable are Patient-Reported Rehospitalizations? Implications for the Design of Future Practical Clinical Studies. 
  • Hypertension in the Young Adult Trauma Population: Rethinking the Traditional "Incidentaloma". 
  • Identification of Emergency Department Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Low Risk for 30-Day Adverse Events: The STRATIFY Decision Tool. 
  • Identifying Modifiable and Non-modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Chondrosarcoma: A National Cancer Database Study. 
  • Identifying Modifiable and Non-modifiable Risk Factors of Readmission and Short-Term Mortality in Osteosarcoma: A National Cancer Database Study. 
  • Identifying risk of readmission in hospitalized elderly adults through inpatient medication exposure. 
  • Impact of Affective Disorders on Recovery of Baseline Function in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery: A Single Institution Study of 275 Patients. 
  • Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Postoperative Complication Rates, Ambulation, and Length of Hospital Stay After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) in Elderly Spine Deformity Patients. 
  • Impact of Delay in Appendectomy on the Outcome of Appendicitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study. 
  • Impact of Intraoperative Monitoring During Elective Complex Spinal Fusions (≥4 Levels) on 30-Day Complication and Readmission Rates: A Single-Institutional Study of 643 Adult Patients with Spinal Deformity. 
  • Impact of Obesity on Complications and 30-Day Readmission Rates After Cranial Surgery: A Single-Institutional Study of 224 Consecutive Craniotomy/Craniectomy Procedures. 
  • Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use After Emergency General Surgery. 
  • Impact of Race on 30-Day Complication Rates After Elective Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels): A Single Institutional Study of 446 Patients. 
  • Impact of a Follow-up Telephone Call Program on 30-Day Readmissions (FUTR-30): A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Real-world Effectiveness Trial. 
  • Impact of comorbidities on stroke rehabilitation outcomes: does the method matter? 
  • Impact of early discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery on rates of hospital readmission and death. The Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Investigators. 
  • Impact of enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery on maternal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Impact of enhanced recovery protocols after pancreatoduodenectomy: meta-analysis. 
  • Impact of heart failure on patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery. 
  • Impact of obesity on complications and outcomes: a comparison of fusion and nonfusion lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Utilization and Mortality Among Patients ≥65 Years of Age With a Low Ejection Fraction After Coronary Revascularization. 
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in CKD: a meta-analysis of patient-level data from 3 randomized trials. 
  • Implementation of a Disease Management Program in Adult Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Implementation of a telehealth videoconference to improve hospital-to-skilled nursing care transitions: Preliminary data. 
  • Implementation of an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Led Clinic to Improve Follow-up Care for Post-Ischemic Stroke Patients. 
  • Implication of right ventricular dysfunction on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with or without surgical ventricular reconstruction. 
  • Implications of Cystectomy Travel Distance for Hospital Readmission and Survival. 
  • Implications of Using Different Definitions on Outcomes in Worsening Heart Failure. 
  • Improving Congestive Heart Failure Care with a Clinical Decision Unit. 
  • Improving Quality of Care for Seriously Ill Patients: Opportunities for Hospitalists. 
  • Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma. 
  • In-Hospital Initiation of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. 
  • In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A US Cohort Study. 
  • In-hospital worsening heart failure and associations with mortality, readmission, and healthcare utilization. 
  • Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Heart Failure With Preserved Versus Reduced Ejection Fraction in SPRINT. 
  • Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis From the U.S. Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry. 
  • Incidence, Temporal Trends, and Associated Outcomes of Vascular and Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapies Registry. 
  • Incremental value of clinical data beyond claims data in predicting 30-day outcomes after heart failure hospitalization. 
  • Independent Associations With 30- and 90-Day Unplanned Readmissions After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: A National Trend Analysis of 144 123 Patients. 
  • Index and follow-up costs of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from the Endurant Stent Graft System Post Approval Study (ENGAGE PAS). 
  • Influence of Clinical Trial Site Enrollment on Patient Characteristics, Protocol Completion, and End Points: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure). 
  • Influence of a performance-improvement initiative on quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: results of the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Initiation, Continuation, or Withdrawal of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. 
  • Inpatient Alcohol Cessation Counseling Is Associated With a Lower 30-Day Hospital Readmission in Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis. 
  • Inpatient Unit Heart Failure Discharge Volume Predicts All-cause 30-Day Hospital Readmission. 
  • Inpatient hospital utilization among veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury. 
  • Inpatient pharmacists using a readmission risk model in supporting discharge medication reconciliation to reduce unplanned hospital readmissions: a quality improvement intervention. 
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Is Not Associated with Perioperative or Survival Benefit over 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer. 
  • Interfacility Transfer Patients With Pelvic, Acetabular, and Lower Extremity Fractures Are at Higher Risk for Major Complications and Readmissions. 
  • International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction. 
  • Intraoperative Versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. 
  • Investigating readmission rates for patients undergoing oncologic resection and endoprosthetic reconstruction for primary sarcomas and tumors involving bone. 
  • Is Discordance Between Recommended and Actual Postacute Discharge Setting a Risk Factor for Readmission in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure? 
  • Is There a Correlation Between Infection Control Performance and Other Hospital Quality Measures? 
  • Is Time From Last Hospitalization for Heart Failure to Placement of a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Associated With Patient Outcomes? 
  • Is Time of the Essence? The Impact of Time of Hospital Presentation in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From ASCEND-HF Trial. 
  • Is an Admission for Decompensated Heart Failure Inevitable? 
  • Is rehospitalization after heart failure admission a marker of poor quality? Time for re-evaluation. 
  • Lack of association between patients' measured burden of disease and risk for hospital readmission. 
  • Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for treating reflux in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Clinical Outcomes Over 5 Years After TAVR: An Analysis of the PARTNER Trials and Registries. 
  • Length of hospital stay and 30-day readmission following heart failure hospitalization: insights from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Letter to the editor and commentary on the following manuscript: "Risk factors for reoperation, readmission, and early complications after below knee amputation". 
  • Liver function tests in patients with acute heart failure and associated outcomes: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Liver transplantation at safety net hospitals: Potentially vulnerable patients with noninferior outcomes. 
  • Locoregional versus general anesthesia for open inguinal herniorrhaphy: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis. 
  • Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-Term Post-Discharge Risks in Older Survivors of Myocardial Infarction With and Without Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-Term Survival in Patients Receiving a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device. 
  • Long-term outcome after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. 
  • Long-term outcomes after invasive management for older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Long-term outcomes and quality of life after intestine transplantation. 
  • Long-term outcomes for heart failure patients with and without diabetes: From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest. 
  • Malnutrition in elective shoulder arthroplasty: a multi-institutional retrospective study of preoperative albumin and adverse outcomes. 
  • Markers of decongestion, dyspnea relief, and clinical outcomes among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. 
  • Measurement Properties of the Oswestry Disability Index in Recipients of Lumbar Spine Surgery. 
  • Measuring heart failure quality: does perfection matter? 
  • Medicaid Insurance Correlates With Increased Resource Utilization Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Medical and economic implications of prolonged mechanical ventilation and expedited post-acute care. 
  • Medically Attended Catheter Complications Are Common in Patients With Outpatient Central Venous Catheters. 
  • Minding the gap between efforts to reduce readmissions and disparities. 
  • Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy for Cancer: Short-Term Oncologic Outcomes in 1,733 Patients. 
  • Motor and Cognitive Functional Status Are Associated with 30-day Unplanned Rehospitalization Following Post-Acute Care in Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries. 
  • Moving physicians from fee-for-service first step to 'doc fix,' mcClellan says. 
  • National survey of hospital strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions: findings from the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure registry. 
  • Nationwide Readmission Rates Following Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Does Age Matter? 
  • Nationwide trends and outcomes associated with neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer: An analysis of 18 243 patients. 
  • Necessity of hospitalization and stress testing in low risk chest pain patients. 
  • Neighborhood Household Income and Trends in 30-Day Readmission for Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and 30-Day Mortality and Readmission for Patients Admitted for Diabetes Management. 
  • Nesiritide in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: does timing matter? Implication for future acute heart failure trials. 
  • Next-day discharge after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: an analysis of the US National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Nonobstructive coronary artery disease and risk of myocardial infarction. 
  • Obesity and 30-Day Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Nephrectomy. 
  • Obesity and Outcomes Following Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. 
  • Opening Pandora's Box: From Readmissions to Transitional Care Patient-Centered Outcome Measures. 
  • Opioid tolerance--a predictor of increased length of stay and higher readmission rates. 
  • Outcome of Flow-Gradient Patterns of Aortic Stenosis After Aortic Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the PARTNER 2 Trial and Registry. 
  • Outcome of lung transplant patients admitted to the medical ICU. 
  • Outcomes after Ventral Hernia Repair Using the Rives-Stoppa, Endoscopic, and Open Component Separation Techniques. 
  • Outcomes following acute exacerbation of severe chronic obstructive lung disease. The SUPPORT investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments). 
  • Outcomes in heart failure patients after major noncardiac surgery. 
  • Outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved, borderline, and reduced ejection fraction in the Medicare population. 
  • Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. 
  • Outcomes of Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy for Treatment of Pediatric Urolithiasis. 
  • Outcomes of laparoscopic resection of Meckel's diverticulum are equivalent to open laparotomy. 
  • Overcoming a travel burden to high-volume centers for treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas is associated with improved survival. 
  • Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial. 
  • Partial and radical nephrectomy in children, adolescents, and young adults: Equivalent readmissions and postoperative complications. 
  • Patient Factors and Cost Associated with 90-Day Readmission Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Patient Portals: Who uses them? What features do they use? And do they reduce hospital readmissions? 
  • Patient Risk Factors Do Not Impact 90-Day Readmission and Emergency Department Visitation After Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Implications for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Bundled Payment Plan. 
  • Patient Risk Profile for Unplanned 90-Day Emergency Department Visits Differs Between Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Patient journey after admission for acute heart failure: length of stay, 30-day readmission and 90-day mortality. 
  • Patient-centered adherence intervention after acute coronary syndrome hospitalization. 
  • Patients Commonly Believe Their Heart Failure Hospitalizations Are Preventable and Identify Worsening Heart Failure, Nonadherence, and a Knowledge Gap as Reasons for Admission. 
  • Patients Hospitalized for De Novo Versus Worsening Chronic Heart Failure in the United States. 
  • Patients at Risk for Exceeding CJR Cost Targets After Total Ankle Arthroplasty. 
  • Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Population-Level Study. 
  • Perceived Versus Actual Risks of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention for older adults who present with syncope and coronary artery disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with chronic total occlusions. 
  • Perioperative Care Implementation: Evidence-Based Practice for Patients With Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Guidelines 
. 
  • Perioperative Complications in Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy Versus Transvaginal Mesh in the Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Analysis of a National Multi-institutional Dataset. 
  • Persistent angina pectoris in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: increased rehospitalization and major adverse cardiac events. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. 
  • Physician-determined worsening heart failure: a novel definition for early worsening heart failure in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure--association with signs and symptoms, hospitalization duration, and 60-day outcomes. 
  • Plasma biomarkers to predict or rule out early post-discharge events after hospitalization for acute heart failure. 
  • Plastic Surgeon Closure of Index Spinal Cases: A Single-Institution Review of 928 Cases. 
  • Polyvascular disease and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in older patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Poor Nutrition Status and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery in the Elderly: Readmissions, Complications, and Mortality. 
  • Poor glycemic control is a strong predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing vascular surgery. 
  • Population-based approaches to treatment and readmission after spinal cord injury. 
  • Possible Implications for Bundled Payment Models of Comorbidities and Complications as Drivers of Cost in Total Ankle Arthroplasty. 
  • Post-discharge Follow-up Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Readmission After Heart Failure Hospitalization. 
  • Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients. 
  • Postdischarge international normalized ratio testing and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure receiving warfarin: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Practical and Evidence-Based Approaches to In-Hospital Decongestion for Heart Failure: Are We There Yet? 
  • Pre- Versus Post-Procedure Health Care Resource Utilization in Patients Undergoing Commercial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Predicting non-elective hospital readmissions: a multi-site study. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Readmissions. 
  • Predicting the Risk of Readmission From Dehydration After Ileostomy Formation: The Dehydration Readmission After Ileostomy Prediction Score. 
  • Prediction is very hard, especially about the future: comment on "factors associated with 30-day readmission rates after percutaneous coronary intervention". 
  • Prediction of 30-Day All-Cause Readmissions in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Comparison of Machine Learning and Other Statistical Approaches. 
  • Prediction of readmissions and mortality in patients with heart failure: lessons from the IMPEDANCE-HF extended trial. 
  • Prediction of rehospitalization and death in severe heart failure by physicians and nurses of the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Predictors and Associations With Outcomes of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Results From VERITAS. 
  • Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry. 
  • Predictors of 90-day readmission among patients with acute severe hypertension. The cross-sectional observational Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) study. 
  • Predictors of Hospital Readmission and Surgical Site Infection in the United States, Denmark, and Japan: Is Risk Stratification a Universal Language? 
  • Predictors of clinical outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure: Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure outcome models. 
  • Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. 
  • Predictors of hospital readmission after stroke: a systematic review. 
  • Predictors of mortality after discharge in patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Predictors of nursing home admission in a biracial population. 
  • Predictors of postdischarge outcomes from information acquired shortly after admission for acute heart failure: a report from the Placebo-Controlled Randomized Study of the Selective A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Rolofylline for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Volume Overload to Assess Treatment Effect on Congestion and Renal Function (PROTECT) Study. 
  • Predictors, Trends, and Outcomes (Among Older Patients ≥65 Years of Age) Associated With Beta-Blocker Use in Patients With Stable Angina Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the NCDR Registry. 
  • Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Poor Short-term Outcomes for Hip Fracture Surgery. 
  • Preoperative Optimization Checklists Within the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Bundle Have Not Decreased Hospital Returns for Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative Renal Insufficiency: Underreporting and Association With Readmission and Major Postoperative Morbidity in an Academic Medical Center. 
  • Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients. 
  • Prevalence and prognostic importance of precipitating factors leading to heart failure hospitalization: recurrent hospitalizations and mortality. 
  • Prevalence, predictors and clinical outcome of residual congestion in acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Preventable readmissions within 30 days of ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Process of care performance measures and long-term outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Profile of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure Who Leave Against Medical Advice. 
  • Prognostic Significance of Creatinine Increases During an Acute Heart Failure Admission in Patients With and Without Residual Congestion: A Post Hoc Analysis of the PROTECT Data. 
  • Prolonged Delirium With Catatonia Following Orthotopic Liver Transplant Responsive to Memantine. 
  • Prospective evaluation of an emergency department protocol to prevent hospitalization in mild acute pancreatitis: Outcomes and predictors of discharge. 
  • Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Protocol versus ad libitum feeds after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: a prospective randomized trial. 
  • Psychiatric emergency service use after implementation of managed care in a public mental health system. 
  • Pulmonary Venous Waveforms Predict Rehospitalization and Mortality After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • QRS duration, bundle-branch block morphology, and outcomes among older patients with heart failure receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
  • Quality of life and long-term outcomes after hospitalization for COVID-19: Protocol for a prospective cohort study (Coalition VII). 
  • Race as a predictor of postoperative hospital readmission after spine surgery. 
  • Race/Ethnic Differences in Outcomes Among Hospitalized Medicare Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction. 
  • Racial Differences in Diuretic Efficiency, Plasma Renin, and Rehospitalization in Subjects With Acute Heart Failure. 
  • Racial Disparities in Surgery for Malignant Bowel Obstruction. 
  • Racial Disparity in 30-Day Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. 
  • Racial and ethnic differences in outcomes in older patients with acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial. 
  • Randomised controlled trial of sugammadex or neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular block on the incidence of pulmonary complications in older adults undergoing prolonged surgery. 
  • Rate, Causes, and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission Following Hospitalization for Acute Pericarditis. 
  • Rationale and Design of the ATHENA-HF Trial: Aldosterone Targeted Neurohormonal Combined With Natriuresis Therapy in Heart Failure. 
  • Readmission After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Not All Complications Contribute Equally. 
  • Readmission After Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. 
  • Readmission Patterns and Effectiveness of Transitional Care Among Medicaid Patients With Schizophrenia and Medical Comorbidity. 
  • Readmission after major surgery: effect of the postdischarge environment. 
  • Readmission after pancreatic resection: causes and causality pattern. 
  • Readmission after spinal cord injury: analysis of an institutional cohort of 795 patients. 
  • Readmission and adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with dementia. 
  • Readmission rates and long-term hospital costs among survivors of an in-hospital cardiac arrest. 
  • Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: How Often Do Patients Return to the Discharging Hospital? 
  • Readmissions After Surgical Resection of Metastatic Tumors of the Spine at a Single Institution. 
  • Readmissions after cardiac surgery: experience of the National Institutes of Health/Canadian Institutes of Health research cardiothoracic surgical trials network. 
  • Readmissions in Patients With Heart Failure and Mental Health Disorders (from a National Database). 
  • Readmissions, unplanned emergency room visits, and surgical retreatment rates after anti-reflux procedures. 
  • Real-world effectiveness of long-acting injectable antipsychotics to reduce 90-day and annual readmission in psychotic disorders: insights from a state psychiatric hospital. 
  • Reduced Impact of Smoking Status on 30-Day Complication and Readmission Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion (≥3 Levels) for Adult Spine Deformity: A Single Institutional Study of 839 Patients. 
  • Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care. 
  • Reducing Hospitalization in Mild Acute Pancreatitis: Results of Long-term Follow-up. 
  • Reducing non-surgical readmissions on a gynecologic oncology service. 
  • Regional Variation in 30-Day Ischemic Stroke Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Hospitals. 
  • Relation of Postdischarge Care Fragmentation and Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Relation of serum magnesium levels and postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Relationship Between Operator Volume and Long-Term Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Relationship between baseline systolic blood pressure and long-term outcomes in acute heart failure patients treated with TRV027: an exploratory subgroup analysis of BLAST-AHF. 
  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Relationship between patient satisfaction with inpatient care and hospital readmission within 30 days. 
  • Relationship of depression to increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with congestive heart failure. 
  • Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes. 
  • Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF). 
  • Religious coping and depression among elderly, hospitalized medically ill men. 
  • Representativeness of a national heart failure quality-of-care registry: comparison of OPTIMIZE-HF and non-OPTIMIZE-HF Medicare patients. 
  • Rethinking Rehospitalization in Heart Failure Care Transitions: Heterogeneity in Use Typologies. 
  • Risk Factors and Independent Predictors of 30-Day Readmission for Altered Mental Status After Elective Spine Surgery for Spine Deformity: A Single-Institutional Study of 1090 Patients. 
  • Risk Factors for Delayed Discharge and Adverse Outcomes Following Outpatient Billed Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Risk adjustment of ischemic stroke outcomes for comparing hospital performance: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. 
  • Risk factors associated with short-term complications and mortality after pediatric spinal arthrodesis. 
  • Risk factors for 30-day reoperation and 3-month readmission: analysis from the Quality and Outcomes Database lumbar spine registry. 
  • Risk factors for early unplanned readmission in patients with bipolar disorder: A retrospective observational study. 
  • Risk factors for postpartum readmission for preeclampsia or hypertension before delivery discharge among low-risk women: a case-control study. 
  • Risk of Postoperative Complications and Revision Surgery Following Robot-assisted Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion. 
  • Risk scores and biomarkers for the prediction of 1-year outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Robotic Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer: A National Perspective on Short-term Oncologic Outcomes. 
  • Rolofylline, an adenosine A1-receptor antagonist, in acute heart failure. 
  • Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Have Fewer Follow-up Visits and Greater Emergency Department Use Postdischarge. 
  • ST2 in emergency department patients with noncardiac dyspnea. 
  • Safety and Clinical Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. 
  • Safety and effectiveness of antithrombotic strategies in older adult patients with atrial fibrillation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Same-Day Discharge After Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program. 
  • Same-day discharge and risks of mortality and readmission after elective ICD placement for primary prevention. 
  • Secondary surgical-site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting: A multi-institutional prospective cohort study. 
  • Severe Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy: An Analysis of 7366 Patients. 
  • Sex Differences in Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Insights From the PAL-HF Trial. 
  • Sex and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Within-Stay Readmissions During Inpatient Rehabilitation Among Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Sex-Specific Differences at Presentation and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Cohort Study. 
  • Short stay after shoulder arthroplasty does not increase 90-day readmissions in Medicare patients compared with privately insured patients. 
  • Short- and long-term rehospitalization and mortality for heart failure in 4 racial/ethnic populations. 
  • Short-Stay Arthroplasty is Not Associated With Increased Risk of 90-Day Hospital Returns. 
  • Six-month follow-up of patients with in-hospital thrombocytopenia during heparin-based anticoagulation (from the Complications After Thrombocytopenia Caused by Heparin [CATCH] registry). 
  • Slow Gait Speed and Risk of Mortality or Hospital Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients' Health Status Registry. 
  • Social determinants of health and their impact on rates of postoperative complications among patients undergoing vertical sleeve gastrectomy. 
  • Socioeconomic Factors, Perioperative Complications, and 30-Day Readmission Rates Associated With Delayed Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis. 
  • Strategies to reduce hospital readmissions: a review. 
  • Stroke after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: timing, characteristics, and clinical outcomes. 
  • Surgical Strategy and Outcomes in Duodenal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. 
  • Surgical readmission and survival in women with ovarian cancer: Are short-term quality metrics incentivizing decreased long-term survival? 
  • Survival benefit of the primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator among older patients: does age matter? An analysis of pooled data from 5 clinical trials. 
  • Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas. 
  • Target: Stroke Was Associated With Faster Intravenous Thrombolysis and Improved One-Year Outcomes for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Medicare Beneficiaries. 
  • Temporal Trends in Racial Differences in 30-Day Readmission and Mortality Rates After Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Medicare Beneficiaries. 
  • The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator Has a Role in Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care in Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • The Association Between Hearing Loss and Surgical Complications in Older Adults. 
  • The Association of ASA Class on Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty Readmission Rates in an Academic Hospital. 
  • The Athena trials: Autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells for refractory chronic myocardial ischemia with left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • The Degree of the Predischarge Pulmonary Congestion in Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure Predicts Readmission and Mortality. 
  • The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Nationwide Perspectives and Recommendations: A JACC: Heart Failure Position Paper. 
  • The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • The Medicare Shared Savings Program and Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study. 
  • The Role of Malnutrition in Ninety-Day Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • The Vancouver 3M (Multidisciplinary, Multimodality, But Minimalist) Clinical Pathway Facilitates Safe Next-Day Discharge Home at Low-, Medium-, and High-Volume Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers: The 3M TAVR Study. 
  • The association between smoking and long-term outcomes after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in older patients. 
  • The association of discharge destination with 30-day rehospitalization rates among older adults receiving lumbar spinal fusion surgery. 
  • The association of left ventricular ejection fraction with clinical outcomes after myocardial infarction: Findings from the Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network (ACTION) Registry-Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Medicare-linked database. 
  • The benefit of implementing a heart failure disease management program. 
  • The center volume-outcome effect in pancreas transplantation: a national analysis. 
  • The disconnect between phase II and phase III trials of drugs for heart failure. 
  • The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients. 
  • The effects of state psychiatric hospital waitlist policies on length of stay and time to readmission. 
  • The evaluation of three comorbidity indices in predicting postoperative complications and readmissions in pediatric urology. 
  • The impact of hyperglycemia and obesity on hospitalization costs and clinical outcome in general surgery patients. 
  • The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. 
  • The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services. 
  • The need for multiple measures of hospital quality: results from the Get with the Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry of the American Heart Association. 
  • The real world of de novo heart failure: the next frontier for heart failure clinical trials? 
  • The relationship between workload and length of stay in Singapore. 
  • The response of an assertive community treatment program following a natural disaster. 
  • The stability of DNR orders on hospital readmission. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • The vulnerable phase after hospitalization for heart failure. 
  • Thinking Outside the Box: Treating Acute Heart Failure Outside the Hospital to Improve Care and Reduce Admissions. 
  • Thirty-Day Readmission Risk Model for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Timing and Causes of Readmission After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization-Insights From the Heart Failure Network Trials. 
  • Total Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture: The Economic Implications of Orthopedic Subspecialty Training. 
  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients. 
  • Transient situational disturbances: course and outcome. 
  • Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers. 
  • Transitional care of older adults in skilled nursing facilities: A systematic review. 
  • Transitions of care in heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Travel distance affects rates and reasons for inpatient visits after pancreatectomy. 
  • Trends in 30- and 90-Day Readmission Rates for Heart Failure. 
  • Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Trends in Hospice Discharge and Relative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Trends in Intravenous Antibiotic Duration for Urinary Tract Infections in Young Infants. 
  • Trends in Readmissions and Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure in Canada and the United States. 
  • Trends in risk factors for readmission after bariatric surgery 2015-2018. 
  • Trends in the use and outcomes of ventricular assist devices among medicare beneficiaries, 2006 through 2011. 
  • Trends in utilization of coronary artery bypass surgery and associated outcomes: Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia. 
  • Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Understanding and meeting the hospitalist's challenge: caring for adults with sickle cell disease. 
  • Understanding the relationship between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare star rating, surgical case volume, and short-term outcomes after major cancer surgery. 
  • Unintended consequences of steps to cut readmissions and reform payment may threaten care of vulnerable older adults. 
  • Unplanned Admissions Following Hip Arthroscopy: Incidence and Risk Factors. 
  • Unplanned reoperations after vascular surgery. 
  • Untangling Health Trajectories among Patients with Sepsis. 
  • Use of ED and hospital services for patients with acute leukemia after induction therapy: one year follow-up. 
  • Use of High-Sensitivity Troponin T to Identify Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Lower Risk for Adverse Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis From the RELAX-AHF Trial. 
  • Use of a Six-Item Modified Frailty Index to Predict 30-day Adverse Events, Readmission, and Mortality in Older Patients Undergoing Surgical Fixation of Lower Extremity, Pelvic, and Acetabular Fractures. 
  • Use of antiarrhythmic drug therapy and clinical outcomes in older patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease. 
  • Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge. 
  • Use of resources, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with and without new Q waves after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (from the GUSTO-I trial). 
  • Usefulness of anemia as a predictor of death and rehospitalization in patients with decompensated heart failure. 
  • Using Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair Reduces Complications in Older Patients. 
  • Using a modification of the Clavien-Dindo system accounting for readmissions and multiple interventions: defining quality for pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities. 
  • Utilization of an Electronic Patient Portal Following Total Joint Arthroplasty Does Not Decrease Readmissions. 
  • Validated, electronic health record deployable prediction models for assessing patient risk of 30-day rehospitalization and mortality in older heart failure patients. 
  • Variability in blood transfusions after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A national analysis of the University HealthSystem Consortium. 
  • Violence and leveraged community treatment for persons with mental disorders. 
  • Warfarin use among older atrial fibrillation patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction managed with coronary stenting and dual antiplatelet therapy. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Gallagher, David Michael, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Reed, Shelby Derene, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Wahid, Lana, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine