Outpatient Heart Failure Referral: What a Large Registry Study Examined
ABSTRACT:
Study at a glance
- Publication type: Observational registry analysis
- What it examined: This analysis used the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure registry to examine referral to outpatient heart failure management programmes at hospital discharge and whether referral patterns differed across racial and ethnic groups.
- Key point: Among 402,225 patients hospitalised with acute heart failure, 55% were referred to an outpatient heart failure management programme at discharge. The study examined differences after adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics.
Why it matters
Referral pathways are part of care delivery, not simply administration. The findings underline the value of measuring who reaches specialised follow-up after discharge.
Source
Wang M, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Referral to Outpatient Heart Failure Management at Hospital Discharge: A Get With The Guidelines Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025. PMID: 40079283. View the PubMed record.
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