Days Not at Home: Association of Vulnerability with Healthcare Utilization After Hospitalization for Heart Failure
In this cohort of patients hospitalized for decompensated HF, vulnerability predicted higher levels of healthcare utilization, as well as total days not at home in the 90 days following hospitalization. Vulnerability may have clinical applications to identify patients at greatest need for comprehensive, patient-centered discharge planning.
Authors
- Sarah A. Welch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-4531)
- Amanda S. Mixon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2365-9329)
- Yaping Shi
- Eduard Eric Vasilevskis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-5321)
- Jonathan S. Schildcrout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-2551)
- Devika Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7164-715X)
- Ricardo Trochez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-7480)
- Chiara Di Gravio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0532-267X)
- Susan P. Bell
- Sunil Kripalani
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- UW Health University Hospital (US)
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- Wisconsin Division of Public Health (US)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08872-x
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health
- Office of Academic Affiliations, Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- NHLBI Division of Intramural Research