Containing the Cost of Heart Failure Management

Case management effectiveness in reducing hospital use: a systematic review

“…Indeed, high hospital readmission rates for individuals with chronic illnesses account for a large proportion of healthcare spending (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2011; the definition for readmission used for this review is 'admission to any hospital after discharge from the index hospital'; Meisinger et al 2013). Worse, fragmented transitional care systems mean many of these readmissions occur within 30 days of discharge despite the fact that most are preventable (Mathew et al 2015;Soundarraj et al 2015).…”

The implementation cost of a safety‐net hospital program addressing social needs in Atlanta

“…Third, we did not compare these costs relative to outcomes. Although these activities show potential for reducing readmissions [34][35][36][37] and reducing hospital readmissions is one way to improve health at a lower cost, 65 the focus of the present paper was to inform implementation of existing strategies. Addressing social needs is important; however, health care providers may be concerned about using resources if the benefits are not observed by their health system.…”

How peptide technology has improved costs and outcomes in patients with heart failure

“…Index hospitalizations [4] as well as the high rate of readmissions, which are estimated to occur at 20-25% of patients diagnosed with HF, are significant (although modifiable) determinants of the total expenditure due to HF [5]. As a result, timely diagnosis in the early stages of the disease, as well as adequate care during the course of treatment is a prerequisite for increasing patients' life expectancy and reducing costs.…”