Background Hospitalisations for heart failure are frequent and costly, linked with a lower
quality of life, and lead to higher morbidity and mortality. Home hospitalisation interventions …

Aims Economic burden of heart failure is attributed to hospital readmissions. Previous
studies assessing risk factors for readmissions have focused on single group of risk factors …

Background Short-term hospital readmissions for acute heart failure lead to the rise of health
care budget and all-cause death. Elderly patients with acute or decompensated heart failure …

Background: The objective of this study was to identify the level of treatment adherence and
also sought to explore several demographic, clinical, comorbidities, and self-care behavior …

Background Medication non-adherence in heart failure (HF) leads to increased mortality,
morbidity and healthcare costs. However, no study has investigated HF patients' post …

Heart failure (HF), a worldwide epidemic with significant morbidity and mortality risks, is
frequently secondary to cardiovascular disorders and probably is the common final way to …

Background & Aim: Despite advances in the treatment of heart failure, poor adherence to
treatment and patient readmission still imposes a heavy burden on patients and the …

Mortality risk steadily increases after a new diagnosis of HF (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention [CDC], nd). In 2012, the US Department of Health and Human Services …

Background Heart failure (HF) is a healthcare problem burdening patients, care teams, and
health care systems. A relentless, downward spiral of decompensation, hospital admission …

Length of stay (LOS) and readmissions are two metrics that are often at the center of
improvement efforts for health care systems. There is a lack of evidence regarding the …