Incident heart failure: comparing management and outcome in primary and hospital settings in Western Sweden 2008-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent condition managed in both primary care (PC) and hospital care (HC)-based settings. HF patients managed in these two settings may differ in their demography, comorbidities and outcomes, so we aimed to compare the patient management in PC and HC in the Västra Götaland Region (VGR) in Sweden.

Methods

The VEGA database is an administrative database that includes all patients living in VGR. Patients with a first principal or contributory diagnosis of HF (I50) ≥18 years old between 2008 and 2017 were included. One-year mortality was used as the outcome.

Results

In total, 35 375 new-onset HF cases were included with 18 722 identified only in PC and 16 651 in HC. HF patients in PC were older (80.7 ± 10.9 vs. 76.1 ± 13.6), more wome

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature