Between 1980 and 1993 in Spain, heart failure hospitalizations increased substantially, particularly among the elderly and women, despite a decline in age-adjusted mortality.
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Increasing HF admissions despite mortality decline warrants monitoring in aging populations; leaves open effects of newer therapies.
Rodríguez‐Artalejo et al. (1997) studied this question.