What's Harder: Seeing a Doctor or Reducing Readmissions?

JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Oct;3(10):774-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Sep 9.

Authors

Adrian F Hernandez¹, Adam D DeVore²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: adrian.hernandez@duke.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 26364258
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.07.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Medicare; heart failure; hospital readmission; transitional care.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Cost Savings*
Female
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations*
Male
Medicare / economics*
Patient Readmission / economics*
Transportation of Patients / economics*