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The Association Between Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance and Hospital Readmission

Chad M House1,2,3,4, Mary A Anstadt1,2,3,4, Logan H Stuck1,2,3,4

  • 1Department of Cardiology, Regions Hospital, St Paul, Minnesota (CMH, MAA, WBN).

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
|February 21, 2019
PubMed

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Attending more cardiac rehabilitation sessions significantly lowers hospital readmission rates. Each extra session completed reduces cardiac readmissions by 1.75% and all-cause readmissions by 2%.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

Background:

  • Cardiac rehabilitation improves patient outcomes.
  • The effect of individual sessions on readmission rates is not well-understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the relationship between completed cardiac rehabilitation sessions and 1-year readmission rates.
  • To determine the impact of each session on cardiac and all-cause readmissions.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 347 patients.
  • Modeling 1-year cardiac readmission counts using Poisson regression.

Main Results:

  • Each additional cardiac rehabilitation session was linked to a 1.75% decrease in cardiac readmissions (P = .01).
  • Each additional session was linked to a 2% decrease in all-cause hospital readmissions (P = .001).
  • 65% of patients completed all assigned sessions.

Conclusions:

  • Increased attendance in cardiac rehabilitation is associated with lower readmission rates.
  • Every attended session contributes to reduced cardiac and all-cause hospital readmissions.

Keywords:
attendancecardiac readmissioncardiac rehabilitationcoronary artery diseasereadmission

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