Predictors of Incident Heart Failure Diagnosis Setting: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early recognition of heart failure (HF) can reduce morbidity, yet HF is often diagnosed only after symptoms require urgent treatment.

Objectives

The authors sought to describe predictors of HF diagnosis in the acute care vs outpatient setting within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Methods

The authors estimated whether incident HF diagnoses occurred in acute care (inpatient hospital or emergency department) vs outpatient settings within the VHA between 2014 and 2019. After excluding new-onset HF potentially caused by acute concurrent conditions, they identified sociodemographic and clinical variables associated with diagnosis setting and assessed variation across 130 VHA facilities using multivariable regression analysis.

Results

The authors

SUBMITTER: Tisdale RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature