Temporal Trends and Sex Differences in Patients With Cardiac Amyloidosis and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Retrospective Analysis of 22,015 Admissions From the National Inpatient Sample

Maraey, Ahmed; Tarabanis, Constantine; Hajduczok, Alexander; Salem, Mahmoud; Said, Ebram; Elsharnoby, Hadeer; Khalil, Mahmoud; Elzanaty, Ahmed; Brailovsky, Yevgeniy; Alam, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101393

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“…The remaining four studies used the Nationwide Readmission Database to conduct correlative analyses. [1] found that 15.6 percent of nonagenarian heart failure patients had 30-day hospital readmissions where the average cost of a readmission was US$ 43,265. Those with palliative care were 73% less likely to be re-admitted in 30 days (odds ratio = 0.27, 95% confidence interval = 0.21 to 0.34, P < 0.001).…”

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“…Offering palliative care to heart failure patients raises this quantity versus quality trade-off and results in a statistically significant drop in hospital readmissions. Maraey, et al [1] states that the mean dollar cost of a Heart Failure (HF) patient being readmitted to the hospital is US$ 43,265. Hospital readmissions cost the patient money, decrease the quality of a heart failure patient's life, and cause hospitals to divert resources that could be allocated to other patients.…”

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Palliative Care Reduces Hospital Readmission Rates for Heart Failure Patients

2024

Int J Nurs Health Care Res

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Heart Failure patients need to make informed decisions about their medical treatment and be told how that treatment will affect their lives. Aggressive medical treatment may increase the number of days a heart failure patient lives, while decreasing the quality of life for those days. Palliative care focuses on the quality of a patient's life, and it is not hospice. A literature survey shows that offering palliative care to heart failure patients significantly reduces hospital readmission rates and drastically reduces the medical costs of heart failure patients. In spite of these benefits, less than three percent of US heart failure patients are offered palliative care. This paper surveys the literature on palliative care's effects on hospital readmission rates for heart failure patients, recommends that a palliative care information sheet be included in the discharge papers for all heart failure patients, and provides a sample information sheet that hospitals can adopt, improve, or adjust for their specific situation and populations.

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