Contribution of the long-term care insurance certificate for predicting 1-year all-cause readmission compared with validated risk scores in elderly patients with heart failure

OBJECTIVES: Readmission is a common and serious problem associated with heart failure (HF). Unfortunately, conventional risk models have limited predictive value for predicting readmission. The recipients of long-term care insurance (LTCI) are frail and have mental and physical impairments. We hypot...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Kayo, Saito, Makoto, Inaba, Shinji, Morofuji, Toru, Aisu, Hiroe, Sumimoto, Takumi, Ogimoto, Akiyoshi, Ikeda, Shuntaro, Higaki, Jitsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Cardiac Risk Factors and Prevention
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5133414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27933194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000501

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