The Effect of a New Hospital-Based Congestive Heart Failure Care Protocol on Rate of 30-Day Readmission Among CHF Patients
Approximately 20% of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients are readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge, a rate which may be affected by in-hospital and post-discharge care. Reducing this rate is important to hospitals, both to improve outcomes and to avoid reductions in Medicare reimbursem...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2015
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/142 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=masters_theses_2 |