ArticlePloS one2017
Relationship between Early Physician Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmission after Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.
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Pilot Study for the Use of CGM for Post-discharge Diabetes Management Following a Hospitalization for Heart Failure or MI
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Outpatient Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmissions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Associations Between Early Physician Follow-up and Post-discharge Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Congestive heart failure clinics and telemedicine: The key to reducing hospital readmissions in the United States.Cardiology journal · 2022Article
- Does gender affect the outcomes of patients in program of managed care for acute myocardial infarction.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- Risk Factors and Outcomes of Heart Failure Following First-Episode of Acute Myocardial Infarction-A Case Series Study of 161,384 Cases.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association between post-hospital clinic and telephone follow-up provider visits with 30-day readmission risk in an integrated health system.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThirty-day readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure are important patient outcome metrics. Early post-discharge physician follow-up has been promoted as a method of reducing 30-day readmission rates. However, the relationships between early post-discharge follow-up and 30-day readmission for AMI and heart failure are inconclusive. We used nationwide population-based data to examine associations between 7-day physician follow-up and 30-day readmission, and further associations of 7-day same physician (during the index hospitalization and at follow-up) and cardiologist follow-up with 30-day readmission for non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or heart failure.
methodsWe analyzed all patients 18 years or older with NSTEMI and heart failure and discharged from hospitals in 2010 in Taiwan through Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Cox proportional hazard models with robust sandwich variance estimates and propensity score weighting were performed after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics to test associations between 7-day physician follow-up and 30-day readmission.
resultsThe study population for NSTEMI and heart failure included 5,008 and 13,577 patients, respectively. Early physician follow-up was associated with a lower hazard ratio of readmission compared with no early physician follow-up for patients with NSTEMI (hazard ratio [HR], 0.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.39-0.57), and for patients with heart failure (HR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.48-0.60). Same physician follow-up was associated with a reduced hazard ratio of readmission compared with different physician follow-up for patients with NSTEMI (HR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.48-0.65), and for patients with heart failure (HR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.62-0.76).
conclusionsFor each condition, patients who have an outpatient visit with a physician within 7 days of discharge have a lower risk of 30-day readmission. Moreover, patients who have an outpatient visit with the same physician within 7 days of discharge have a much lower risk of 30-day readmission.
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