Increased risk of mortality and readmission associated with lower SF-12 scores in cardiac patients: Results from the national DenHeart study

The SF-12v2 health survey (SF-12) is widely used as a generic measure of health-related quality of life. However, interpretation of score differences can be difficult.To estimate benchmarks for interpretation of score differences on the SF-12 for readmission and all-cause mortality in cardiac patients.Data from the DenHeart study, a national cross-sectional survey including one year follow-up register data, were used. Patients with ischaemic...