Adult patients with symptomatic heart failure hospitalized in internal medicine discharged at home Circulatory System Adult patients with symptomatic heart failure hospitalized in internal medicine discharged at home
Conditions
Interventions
This is a before and after study. The pre-intervention group consists of patients hospitalised from 2009 to 2012. Participants are consecutively enrolled in the study while they are hospitalised with
Sponsors
University Hospital of Lausanne
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patient (=18 years) 2. Hospitalized in Internal Medicine Service at CHUV 3. Diagnostic of heart failure 4. NYHA class II or higher
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Being transferred to other hospital or service, to rehabilitation centre or to retirement home 2. Being regularly under haemodialysis 3. Actively listed for heart transplantation 4. Failure to obtain signature of consent form
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fraction of days spent in hospital because of a readmission within 30 days, based on medical-administrative database of the hospital interrogated six months after end of study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Potentially avoidable readmission rates, based on medical-administrative database of the hospital interrogated six months after end of study. | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed