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Question In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who have been discharged from hospital, can a home based intervention (HBI) reduce the frequency of hospital readmissions and out of hospital deaths?
Design
Subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 18 months follow up (n=762 patients).
Setting
A tertiary referral hospital in Woodville, South Australia, Australia.
Patients
97 patients (mean age 75 y, 52% women) with CHF and impaired systolic function, functional impairment (New York Heart Association class II-IV), and ≥1 previous hospital admission for CHF. Follow up was 100%.
Intervention
All patients received discharge planning. 49 patients were allocated to HBI care (a visit before discharge …
Footnotes
Source of funding: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services of Australia.
For correspondence: Dr J D Horowitz, Cardiology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia, 5011 Australia. Fax +61 8 8222 6030.