Key result
US primary HF hospitalization rates increased ~17% from 2014 to 2017 following a previous decline.
Cohort (n=8,273,270)
National rates of primary heart failure hospitalizations and 30-day readmissions in the US declined from 2010 to 2014 but subsequently increased through 2017.
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Observed rise in US HF hospitalizations after 2014 should not yet change practice; leaves open drivers and needs prospective confirmation.
In this analysis of a nationally representative administrative data set, for primary HF admissions, crude rates of overall and unique patient hospitalizations declined from 2010 to 2014 followed by an increase from 2014 to 2017. Additionally, readmission visits after index HF hospitalizations followed a similar trend. Future studies are needed to verify these findings to improve policies for HF management.
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Agarwal et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Heart Failure (n=8,273,270). Heart Failure hospitalization was evaluated on Crude rates of primary heart failure hospitalizations and readmissions. Primary heart failure hospitalization rates increased from 4.2 per 1000 US adults in 2014 to 4.9 in 2017 after a decline from 4.4 in 2010 to 4.1 in 2013.
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