Determinants of survival in patients with chronic heart failure: a population-based study in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aim to monitor and improve the quality of the heart failure (HF) integrated assistance model defined by national and regional guidelines and implemented in the province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. Specific aims of the audit were to estimate the prevalence of HF, describe the characteristics of patients with HF and the rate of patients enrolled in the integrated care treated in primary care, and identify socioeconomic and geographic determinants of the 4-year survival of these patients.

Methods and results

Retrospective analysis of a cohort of prevalent cases of HF, diagnosed before 31 December 2015 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, alive on 1 January 2016, and residing at the time of diagnosis on the provincial territory. Age and sex-adjusted prevalence of HF by area of residenc

SUBMITTER: Pedroni C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682897 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature