What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the diagnostic pathway for older individuals with heart failure in Wales using routine healthcare data.

April 25, 2026Open Access

FOCUS-HF. What does routine healthcare data tell us about the diagnostic pathway for older people with heart failure in Wales: under-testing, problems with access, or poor coding?

Key Result

Population-level mapping of the heart failure diagnostic pathway in Wales investigates whether routine healthcare data reflects under-testing, access problems, or poor coding in older patients.

Key Points

To explore the diagnostic pathway for older individuals with heart failure in Wales using routine healthcare data.
Population-level data analysis of heart failure pathways in Wales.
Focus on diagnostic elements within primary and secondary care.
Data presentation at the European Congress of Cardiology.
Identified gaps in heart failure testing and access issues in healthcare.
Highlighted problems related to coding of heart failure diagnoses.
Presented findings to inform healthcare strategies and improve patient outcomes.

Structured PICO

Population

Older people with heart failure in Wales (population-level)

Outcome

Diagnosis and diagnostic pathway across primary and secondary care

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 0% vs 0%

Abstract

Preliminary results of a data science study to map the heart failure pathway across primary and secondary care in Wales (population-level). This poster focuses on diagnosis. It was presented in a moderated session at the European Congress of Cardiology, London, September 2024. The abstract was also published in the conference supplement of the Eurpoean Heart Journal, Vol 45, Issue supplement 1, 28 October 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.3516)

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