The Intensity of Primary Care for Heart Failure Patients: A Determinant of Readmissions? The CarPaths Study: A French Region-Wide Analysis.

Background: We aimed to classify patients with heart failure (HF) by the style of primary care they receive.

Methods And Results: We used the claim data (SNIIRAM: Système National d'Information Inter-Régime de l'Assurance Maladie) of patients living in a French region. We evaluated three concepts.