Effect estimate: 58% higher
Highlights the need for specific recommendations to improve heart failure care quality in low-income countries, where mortality is significantly higher.
We agree with Guglieri and colleagues that specific recommendations for how low-income countries can improve the quality of care for heart failure are needed. Indeed the REPORT-HF data strongly support the call for a focus on low-income regions in showing that (1) mortality following hospitalization for heart failure was 58% higher in patients from lower-income (vs. higher-income) countries1; (2) attainment of established quality indicators (QIs) was significantly lower in lower-income countries than in higher-income countries.
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Teng et al. (2025) conducted a letter in acute heart failure. Lower-income country residence vs. Higher-income countries was evaluated on mortality following hospitalization for heart failure (58% higher).
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