In recent years, readmission rates have been increasingly used as a measure of quality of hospital care for patients with heart failure. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the scientific evidence regarding the relation between hospital readmission rates and quality of hospital care for patients with heart failure.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.026, hdl.handle.net/1765/79067
American Heart Journal

Steyerberg, E., Fonarow, G., Ganiats, T., & Lingsma, H. (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between quality of hospital care and readmission rates in patients with heart failure. American Heart Journal, 170(5), 1005–1017.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.026