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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Mar 2017
Skilled Nursing Facility Use and Hospitalizations in Heart Failure: A Community Linkage Study.
To examine the effect of skilled nursing facility (SNF) use on hospitalizations in patients with heart failure (HF) and to examine predictors of hospitalization in patients with HF admitted to a SNF. ⋯ Approximately 40% of patients with HF were admitted to a SNF at some point after diagnosis. Compared with SNF nonusers, SNF users were more likely to be hospitalized. Characteristics associated with hospitalization in SNF users were mostly noncardiovascular, including reduced ability to perform activities of daily living. These findings underscore the effect of physical functioning on hospitalizations in patients with HF in SNFs and the importance of strategies to improve physical functioning.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Mar 2017
Relationship Between Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Health Service Expenditures Within a Universal Health Care System.
To examine the relationship between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health service expenditures in Ontario, Canada. ⋯ Participation in cardiac rehabilitation is associated with lower long-term health service utilization expenditures within a publicly funded health care system.
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002220.].