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The St. Vincent's Congestive Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Clinic: A Community-Based Intervention and Analysis

Davis, J. W.; Ditmars, F.; Manno, G.; Reisler, J.; Davis, E.; Moran, J.; Farr, N. M.; Chatila, K.; Khalife, W.; Thomas, R. D.

2023-02-10 public and global health
10.1101/2022.12.23.22283823 medRxiv
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IntroductionHeart Failure disease management clinics have been historically successful in reducing complications, but little has been done in uninsured settings. MethodsThis is a pilot program for uninsured HF patients following a recent hospitalization. Uninsured patients were offered enrollment in the disease management clinic during or immediately following hospitalization for a primary HF diagnosis at our institution during 2021. The program included twice-weekly visits with interprofessional support. Patients were scheduled 16 visits (2 months of follow-up) post-hospitalization. Patients who attended two visits were considered enrolled. ResultsOf 59 patients referred, 47(80%) were enrolled. Just four patients (8.5%,95%CI:2.5%,20.5%) were readmitted at 30 days, while four of twelve (33%,95%CI:13.6%,61.2%) were readmitted at 30 days in those who did not enroll. Program participants were readmitted significantly less frequently than national readmission rate estimates (23%,p=0.02). ConclusionThe CHFC3 program is feasible and holds promise for materially reducing 30-day readmissions for HF complications in the uninsured.

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