Key result
US HF hospitalizations rise across all demographics since 2013 while inpatient mortality falls.
Why the study?
Hospitalization for HF constitutes a major healthcare and economic burden, but recent trends and characteristics were not clear.
Observational
Yes
Hospitalizations for heart failure in the US have increased since 2013 with significant racial and geographic disparities, although inpatient mortality has decreased.
Rising US HF hospitalizations since 2013 warrant closer outpatient monitoring; extends trend data but leaves drivers and disparities open.
AIMS: Hospitalization for heart failure (HF) constitutes a major healthcare and economic burden. Trends and characteristics of hospitalizations for HF for the recent years are not clear. We sought to determine the trends and characteristics of hospitalization for HF in the United States. METHOD AND RESULTS: A retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample weighted data between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2018, which included hospitalized adults ≥ 18 years with primary discharge diagnosis of HF using International Classification of Diseases-9/10 administrative codes. Main outcomes were trends in hospitalizations for HF (per 1000 person) and inpatient mortality (%) between 2004 and 2018. CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalizations for HF have been increasing across both sexes and age groups since 2013, whereas inpatient mortality has been decreasing over the study period. Blacks have the highest risk of hospitalization for HF, and Whites have the highest in-hospital mortality. There are significant racial and geographic disparities related to hospitalizations for HF.
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Salah et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Heart failure. Heart failure hospitalizations in the United States increased across both sexes and age groups since 2013, while inpatient mortality decreased over the 2004 to 2018 study period.
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