Social Determinants of Health and 30-Day Readmissions Among Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure in the REGARDS Study.
Madeline R SterlingJoanna Bryan RingelLaura C PinheiroMonika M SaffordEmily B LevitanErica PhillipsTodd M BrownOanh K NguyenParag GoyalPublished in: Circulation. Heart failure (2021)
In this modestly sized national cohort, although prevalent, none of the SDOH were associated with 30-day readmission after an HF hospitalization. Policies or interventions that only target individual SDOH to reduce readmissions after HF hospitalizations may not be sufficient to prevent readmission among older adults.