Rural-urban differentials in 30-day and 1-year mortality following first-ever heart failure hospitalisation in Western Australia: a population-based study using data linkage.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined differentials in short-term (30-day mortality) and 1-year mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index (first-ever) hospitalisation for heart failure (HF), between rural and metropolitan patients resident in Western Australia.

Design

A population-based cohort study.

Setting

Hospitalised patients in Western Australia, Australia.

Participants

Index patients aged 20-84 years with a first-ever hospitalisation for HF between 2000 and 2009 (with no prior admissions for HF in previous 10 years), identified using the Western Australia linked health data.

Main outcome measures

30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index admission for HF.

Results

Of 17 379 index patients with HF identified, 25.9% (44

SUBMITTER: Teng TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4025448 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature