Early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among older patients with heart failure.

摘要

To the Editor: The study of the relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among older patients with heart failure by Dr Hernandez and colleagues1 was timely and important. However, I was disappointed only cardiologists and general internists were listed as postdischarge physicians, and that the conclusion called for increased use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Absent was a discussion of the role of the family physician.