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Incidence of timely outpatient follow-up care after emergency department encounters for acute heart failure.
The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to explore the incidence of outpatient follow-up care after presentation for acute heart failure at the emergency department (ED), and to present patient characteristics associated with receiving timely follow-up care. Using an administrative claims database from a United States commercial insurer, the researchers reviewed 52,732 adult patients with a mean age of 73.9 years discharged from the ED with the principal diagnosis of acute heart failure. The study found that within 30 days of the ED encounter, 23.2% of patients attended an outpatient clinic visit for heart failure, with 15.9% patients hospitalized before they could obtain an outpatient clinic visit. Patients that were younger, women, reporting non-Hispanic Black race, and had fewer previous clinic visits were less likely to obtain outpatient follow-up care. The study concluded that almost 20% of patients require hospitalization within 30 days of an ED for visit for heart failure, and few obtain timely outpatient follow-up after the initial visit.
AHRQ-funded; HS026372.
Citation: Kilaru AS, Illenberger N, Meisel ZF .
Incidence of timely outpatient follow-up care after emergency department encounters for acute heart failure.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2022 Sep;15(9):e009001. doi: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009001..
Keywords: Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Emergency Department, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions