Key result
Hospitalization for heart failure in 2005 versus 2001 was associated with only a slight reduction in 1-year all-cause mortality (HR 0.98; 95% CI 0.97-0.99) and no significant decline in readmission.
Population
2,540,838 elderly Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure between January 1, 2001, and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Persistent high mortality and readmissions in elderly HF patients call for enhanced strategies; leaves open whether therapeutic advances improved real-world outcomes.
Cohort (n=2,540,838)
Yes
Effect estimate: HR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97-0.99)
Despite improvements in heart failure treatment, early and long-term mortality and readmission rates for elderly patients remained high and largely unchanged between 2001 and 2005.
Curtis et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=2,540,838). Hospitalization in 2005 vs. Hospitalization in 2001 was evaluated on 1-year all-cause mortality (HR 0.98, 95% CI 0.97-0.99). Hospitalization for heart failure in 2005 versus 2001 was associated with only a slight reduction in 1-year all-cause mortality (HR 0.98; 95% CI 0.97-0.99) and no significant decline in readmission.
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