National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Search All Research Studies
AHRQ Research Studies Date
Topics
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (1)
- (-) Heart Disease and Health (5)
- (-) Hospital Discharge (5)
- Hospitalization (1)
- Hospital Readmissions (4)
- Medication (1)
- Palliative Care (1)
- Patient-Centered Healthcare (1)
- Patient Adherence/Compliance (1)
- Quality of Life (2)
- Telehealth (1)
- Transitions of Care (1)
AHRQ Research Studies
Sign up: AHRQ Research Studies Email updates
Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Results
1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedKavalieratos D, Rollman BL, Arnold RM
Homeward Bound, not hospital rebound: how transitional palliative care can reduce readmission.
Comment on a study concerning heart failure palliative care interventions.
AHRQ-funded; HS022989.
Citation: Kavalieratos D, Rollman BL, Arnold RM .
Homeward Bound, not hospital rebound: how transitional palliative care can reduce readmission.
Heart 2016 Jul 15;102(14):1079-80. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309385.
.
.
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmissions, Palliative Care
Faridi KF, Peterson ED, McCoy LA
Timing of first postdischarge follow-up and medication adherence after acute myocardial infarction.
The investigators sought to determine whether earlier outpatient follow-up after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with higher rates of medication adherence. They found that delayed outpatient follow-up beyond the first 6 weeks after AMI is associated with worse short-term and long-term patient medication adherence. They concluded that medication adherence is modifiable via improved care transitions.
AHRQ-funded; HS021092.
Citation: Faridi KF, Peterson ED, McCoy LA .
Timing of first postdischarge follow-up and medication adherence after acute myocardial infarction.
JAMA Cardiol 2016 May 1;1(2):147-55. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0001.
.
.
Keywords: Hospital Discharge, Medication, Heart Disease and Health, Patient Adherence/Compliance, Patient-Centered Healthcare
Ong MK, Romano PS, Edgington S
Effectiveness of remote patient monitoring after discharge of hospitalized patients with heart failure: the better effectiveness after transition-heart failure (BEAT-HF) randomized clinical trial.
The researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a care transition intervention using remote patient monitoring in reducing 180-day all-cause readmissions among a broad population of older adults hospitalized with HF. Theyn found that intervention and usual care groups did not differ significantly in readmissions for any cause 180 days after discharge.
AHRQ-funded; HS019311.
Citation: Ong MK, Romano PS, Edgington S .
Effectiveness of remote patient monitoring after discharge of hospitalized patients with heart failure: the better effectiveness after transition-heart failure (BEAT-HF) randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Mar;176(3):310-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7712.
.
.
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Hospital Readmissions, Telehealth, Quality of Life, Hospital Discharge
Dharmarajan K, Chaudhry SI
New approaches to reduce readmissions in patients with heart failure.
The authors discuss a study by Ong and colleagues that presents the results of Better Effectiveness After Transition–Heart Failure (BEATHF), a randomized clinical trial of a combined telemonitoring and care transitions intervention to prevent readmission in patients with heart failure. The BEAT-HF intervention did not lower readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure.
AHRQ-funded; HS023554.
Citation: Dharmarajan K, Chaudhry SI .
New approaches to reduce readmissions in patients with heart failure.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Mar;176(3):318-20. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7993.
.
.
Keywords: Heart Disease and Health, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmissions, Quality of Life, Transitions of Care
Carey K, Lin MY
Hospital length of stay and readmission: an early investigation.
This study is a retrospective examination of the association between length of stay in an index hospitalization and readmission within 7 days and within 30 days of discharge. It found negative associations between length of stay and readmission probability, particularly for heart attack patients; however, the magnitude of the effect was modest for heart attack.
AHRQ-funded; HS020995.
Citation: Carey K, Lin MY .
Hospital length of stay and readmission: an early investigation.
Med Care Res Rev 2014 Feb;71(1):99-111. doi: 10.1177/1077558713504998..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Heart Disease and Health, Hospital Readmissions, Hospitalization, Hospital Discharge