Increasing Access: Reducing Referral Delay in Patients With Ambulatory Advanced HF.

IF 6.7 2区 医学 Q1 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Ilan Richter, Justin Fried, Kevin Clerkin, Jayant Raikhelkar, Dor Lotan, Boaz Elad, Gabriel Sayer, Nir Uriel
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Abstract

Background: Referral to advanced heart failure care (AHFC) is advocated to ensure favorable outcomes, and it has been shown to improve prognosis and quality of life in patients at advanced stages of disease. Nevertheless, it may occur later than desired; the rate of eligible patients referred in a timely manner is unknown. We sought to describe the current state of referral for AHFC, highlight potential factors leading to delayed referral and discuss strategies to increase access to AHFC.

Methods and results: We performed electronic searches on Pubmed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library to identify studies describing referral patterns to advanced heart failure, patient and provider characteristics associated with increased or decreased referral, settings of care, and associated clinical outcomes. We then discuss possible reasons for referral delay, as well as potential avenues for research and directed intervention to reduce delay and improve patients' outcomes.

Conclusion: A referral delay currently exists for AHFC, driven by multiple factors, among them providers' misconceptions about the benefits of AHFC and the appropriate timing of referral, a lack of specialized providers, insufficient and unequal access to care across demographics, and patients' lack of awareness. Efforts to reduce these and other root causes are needed to improve referral rates and optimize outcomes for patients with HF.

增加可及性:减少流动晚期心衰患者的转诊延迟。
背景:推荐转诊晚期心力衰竭护理(AHFC)以确保良好的预后,并已被证明可改善疾病晚期患者的预后和生活质量。然而,它可能比期望的要晚;合格患者及时转诊的比例尚不清楚。我们试图描述AHFC的转诊现状,强调导致转诊延迟的潜在因素,并讨论增加AHFC就诊的策略。方法和结果:我们对Pubmed、EMBASE、Web of Science和The Cochrance Library进行了电子检索,以确定描述晚期心力衰竭的转诊模式、患者和提供者与转诊增加或减少、护理设置和相关临床结果相关的特征的研究。然后,我们讨论了转诊延迟的可能原因,以及研究和直接干预的潜在途径,以减少延迟和改善患者的结果。结论:目前AHFC存在转诊延迟,这是由多种因素驱动的,其中包括:提供者对AHFC的好处和适当转诊时间的误解,缺乏专业提供者,人口统计学中获得护理的机会不足和不平等,以及患者不知情。需要努力减少这些和其他根本原因,以提高转诊率并优化心衰患者的预后。
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Journal of Cardiac Failure
Journal of Cardiac Failure 医学-心血管系统
CiteScore
7.80
自引率
8.30%
发文量
653
审稿时长
21 days
期刊介绍: Journal of Cardiac Failure publishes original, peer-reviewed communications of scientific excellence and review articles on clinical research, basic human studies, animal studies, and bench research with potential clinical applications to heart failure - pathogenesis, etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiological mechanisms, assessment, prevention, and treatment.
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