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Inpatient physician continuity associated with speedier discharge at one hospital
The daily discharge probability at a hospital in Canada increased from 15.3% to 20.9% when the consecutive number of days an average patient was treated by the same physician increased from one to seven.
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists may have limited benefit in acute decompensated heart failure
Cumulative one-year incidence of heart failure hospitalization was significantly lower in patients who received mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists at discharge, but mortality and all-cause hospitalization did not differ between groups.
Hospitalizations common near the end of life in heart failure patients
More than half (64%) of hospitalizations during the last year of heart failure patients' lives were for noncardiovascular causes, a Danish registry study found.
Readmissions higher with Medicare Advantage than traditional Medicare, study suggests
Many admissions of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia were missing from the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, and their absence appeared to affect readmission rate measurement.
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