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November 11, 2009Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesOpen Access

Costs of Inpatient Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure, 2001 to 2004

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Population

1,363,977 elderly Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure between January 1, 2001, and…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1 year

Authors

DWDavid J. WhellanMGMelissa A. GreinerKSKevin A. Schulman

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Overview

Noncardiovascular comorbidities merit attention in elderly HF care; leaves open whether addressing them reduces inpatient costs.

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Population
1,363,977 elderly Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2004
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Outcome
Costs to Medicare for all inpatient care, inpatient cardiovascular care, and inpatient heart failure care

In elderly Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, the majority of subsequent inpatient costs are driven by noncardiovascular admissions rather than heart failure itself.

Cite This Study

Whellan et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a705608b27f1581782750ebhttps://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.109.854760
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