Hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure: the impact of hospital and primary care organizational factors in Northern Italy.

Primary health care is essential for an appropriate management of heart failure (HF), a disease which is a major clinical and public health issue and a leading cause of hospitalization. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of different organizational factors on readmissions of patients w...

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Main Authors: Vera Maria Avaldi, Jacopo Lenzi, Ilaria Castaldini, Stefano Urbinati, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Mara Morini, Adalgisa Protonotari, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Maria Pia Fantini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444393?pdf=render