Rates and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission Among Commercially Insured and Medicaid-Enrolled Patients Hospitalized With Systolic Heart Failure

摘要

BackgroundHeart failure (HF) readmission rates are primarily derived from Medicare enrollees. Given increasing public scrutiny of HF readmissions, understanding the rate and predictors in populations covered by other payers is also important, particularly among patients with systolic dysfunction, for whom most HF-specific therapies are targeted.