Key result
Five-year HF mortality drops ~40% alongside falling hospitalization rates from 1983 to 2012.
Population
317,161 patients with first-time inpatient hospitalizations for heart failure during 1983–2012 in Denmark
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Marked HF hospitalization and mortality declines over decades may reflect care advances; extends prior trends but leaves mechanisms open for study.
Heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates have declined markedly in Denmark over the last three decades, though co-morbidity burden remains a strong prognostic factor.
Schmidt et al. (2016) studied this question. Heart failure hospitalization rates decreased by 25% for women and 14% for men, while 5-year mortality declined by over 40% from 1983–2012, independent of co-morbidity levels.
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