New Findings from National Taiwan University Update Understanding of Heart Failure (Impact of Care Coordination On 30-day Readmission, Mortality, and Costs for Heart Failure): Heart Disorders and Diseases – Heart Failure

2025 MAR 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Taiwan Daily Report -- Researchers detail new data in Heart Disorders and Diseases - Heart Failure. According to news originating from Taipei, Taiwan, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Although coordination of care has become the main focus of health care reform efforts to improve outcomes and decrease costs, limited information is available concerning the impact of care coordination on 30-day outcomes and costs. We used nationwide, population-based data to examine the influence of care coordination on 30-day readmission, mortality, and costs for heart failure (HF).”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Taiwan University, “We analyzed 20,713 patients with HF 18 years or older discharged from hospitals in 2016 using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. The coordination of care among a patient’s outpatient physicians was measured with care density. Multilevel regression models were used after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics to explore the impact of care density on 30-day readmission, mortality, and costs.Patients with high care coordination had lower odds of 30-day readmission (OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.82-0.98) and mortality (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70-0.99) and lower costs (cost ratio [CR], 0.84; 95% CI, 0.79-0.90) compared with those with low care coordination. Patients with medium care coordination had lower costs (CR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.86-0.98) than those with low care coordination. High care coordination is associated with decreased 30-day readmission, mortality, and costs for HF. Enhancing coordination of care has the potential to increase the value of care.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “It is important to monitor coordination of care and develop strategies to maintain high levels of care coordination for HF.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Impact of Care Coordination On 30-day Readmission, Mortality, and Costs for Heart Failure. American Journal of Managed Care, 2024;30(4). American Journal of Managed Care can be contacted at: Managed Care & Healthcare Communications Llc, 666 Plainsboro Rd, Ste 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Yu-Chi Tung, National Taiwan University, Institute for Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, 7 Xu Zhou Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2024.89533. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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