European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Dec 2019
Multicenter StudyInfluence of the length of hospitalisation in post-discharge outcomes in patients with acute heart failure: Results of the LOHRCA study.
To investigate the relationship between length of hospitalisation (LOH) and post-discharge outcomes in acute heart failure (AHF) patients and to ascertain whether there are different patterns according to department of initial hospitalisation. ⋯ Short hospitalisations are not associated with worse outcomes. While post-discharge readmissions are not affected by LOH, mortality risk increases as the LOH lengthens. These findings were similar across hospitalisation departments.