title: Gradual Increases in Scheduled and Actual Early Follow-Up After Heart Failure Hospitalization: Two Steps Forward or One Step Forward?
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.D.K.); and Department of Medicine, Section of Advanced Heart Failure, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (L.A.A.). rkociol@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Robb D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kociol
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.D.K.); and Department of Medicine, Section of Advanced Heart Failure, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (L.A.A.).
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000639:trends*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000639:trends*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000639:trends*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D000069341:Transitional Care / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Editorials; Medicare; follow-up studies; heart failure; patient-centered outcomes research; quality of health care