Seasonality and Readmission after Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia.
Neel M ButalaEric A SecemskyJason H WasfyKevin F KennedyRobert W YehPublished in: Health services research (2017)
Given marked seasonality in incidence and mortality of HF, MI, and pneumonia, the modest seasonality in readmissions suggests that readmissions may be more related to non-seasonally dependent factors than to the seasonal nature of these diseases.