Heart Failure Management Program Versus Usual Care

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Conditions studied: Cardiac Failure, Congestive Heart Failure

In brief

Heart Failure (HF) patients discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities have higher rehospitalization rates and mortality than patients discharged to home. HF disease management programs have been shown to reduce rehospitalizations in community settings, no national guidelines have been set forth for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). This study will investigate the the effect of a heart failure-disease management program on the outcome of all-cause hospital readmissions, emergency room admissions and mortality for 30 days post-SNF admission using 7 component heart failure disease management program.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01822912

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

713

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Heart Failure is listed as the hospital discharge primary diagnosis
• Heart Failure is listed as the hospital discharge secondary diagnosis

You may not qualify if…

• Any life threatening condition which predicts mortality in 6 months or less

Where it is running

• University of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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