Cardiovascular events, mortality, early retirement and costs in >50 000 persons with chronic heart failure in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to examine cardiovascular events (stroke and myocardial infarction [MI]), mortality, early retirement and economic costs over 5 years in people with chronic heart failure (CHF) and matched controls in Sweden.

Methods and results

Individuals (aged ≥16 years) living in Sweden on 1 January 2012 were identified in an existing database. Individuals with CHF were propensity score matched to controls without CHF by birth year, sex and educational status. We analysed risks of stroke, MI, mortality and early retirement, and compared direct costs (inpatient care, outpatient care and drug costs) and indirect costs (work absence). After matching, there were 53 520 individuals in each cohort. In each cohort, mean age was 69.0 years (standard deviation 8.2), and 29.7% of ind

SUBMITTER: Steen Carlsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature