CHF Re-admission Rates and Implications
re-admissions, yet less than 40 percent of patients who were hospitalized for
heart failure had a follow-up appointment within seven days of their discharge.
Successful interventions to reduce the rate of re-admissions that are needed to
reduce the impact on re-admissions to patients and their families, as well as
to reduce the financial burden re-admissions place on the overall healthcare
system.
1. Discuss implications of the above findings relative to
the patient cohort/population, interdisciplinary team, cost and the continuum
of care.





