Highlights
- •High heterogeneity exists in health care use by patients with heart failure for various services.
- •A small subgroup of high users utilized the majority of acute and ambulatory care resources.
- •High outpatient use was associated with high acute-care use.
- •Faster change in the severity of illness increased the likelihood of high use.
- •Group-based trajectory modeling complements 30-day readmission rate as a means of improving care for those with heart failure.
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Publication history
Published online: August 12, 2022
Accepted:
July 19,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 18,
2022
Received:
March 16,
2022
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