Table 4.
Author | N | Year | Readmission | Readmission for heart failure | Data source | Definition criteria | Temporal trends |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McDermott [132] | 612 | 1987–93 | 13% at 6 months | Hospital in Chicago | Dismissal diagnosis | No change | |
Krumholz [7, 133] | 17,448 | 1991–94 | 44% at 6 months | --- | Medicare files | DRG 127 | --- |
Philbin EF [134] | 2906 | 1995–97 | 43% at 6 months | --- | Hospitals in New York | Admission and dismissal diagnoses | --- |
Cowie MR [135] | 332 | 1996–97 | 59% at 19 months | --- | Population-based in Scotland | European Society of Cardiology | --- |
Babayan [136] | 493 | 1996–97 | 57% at 1 year | 20% at 1 year | Johns Hopkins Hospital | DRG 127 | --- |
Smith [137] | 413 | 1996–98 | 46% at 6 months | 19% at 6 months | New Haven hospital | Clinical | --- |
Baker [138] | 22,203 | 1991–97 | 11% at 30 days | --- | Medicare | ICD 9 codes | Increase over time |
Lee WY [139] | 1700 | 1999–2000 | 148 per 100 person-years | 40 per 100 person-years | EPOCH Kaiser | Framingham | ---- |
Lee DS [140] | 77,421 | 1992–2002 | --- | 27% at 1 year | Administrative database in Ontario | ICD 9 code 428 | 4 %/year decrease in 1 year |
Badano [141] | 179 | 1999–2000 | 48% at 6 months | --- | Hospitals in Italy | Clinical | --- |
Rodriguez-Artalejo [142] | 394 | 2000–2001 | 35% at 6 months | --- | Hospitals in Spain | European Society of Cardiology | --- |