In‐Hospital and Postdischarge Mortality Among Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Hospitalizations Ending on the Weekend Versus Weekday: The ARIC Study Community Surveillance

In‐Hospital and Postdischarge Mortality Among Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Hospitalizations Ending on the Weekend Versus Weekday: The ARIC Study Community Surveillance

Background Hospital staffing is usually reduced on weekends, potentially impacting inpatient care and postdischarge coordination of care for patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). However, investigations of in‐hospital mortality on the weekend versus weekday, and post‐hospital outco...

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Main Authors: Louisa A. Mounsey, Patricia P. Chang, Carla A. Sueta, Kunihiro Matsushita, Stuart D. Russell, Melissa C. Caughey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
acute heart failure
discharge
epidemiology
mortality
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011631

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