The United States has the highest rate of 30-day readmissions for heart attack patients with ST-segment elevation compared to other countries, according to a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers analyzed results of an acute myocardial infarction trial that included patients from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 13 European countries from 2004-2006. They found that the 30-day readmission rate for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients was 14.5 percent in the United States compared to 9.9 percent in other countries.
Median length of stay was shortest in the United States at 3 days compared to 8 days in Germany. After adjusting for country-level median length of stay, U.S. location was no longer an independent predictor of 30-day readmission.
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Researchers analyzed results of an acute myocardial infarction trial that included patients from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 13 European countries from 2004-2006. They found that the 30-day readmission rate for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients was 14.5 percent in the United States compared to 9.9 percent in other countries.
Median length of stay was shortest in the United States at 3 days compared to 8 days in Germany. After adjusting for country-level median length of stay, U.S. location was no longer an independent predictor of 30-day readmission.
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