Outcomes following heart failure hospitalization in a regional Australian setting between 2005 and 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of the current study is to examine 10 year trends in mortality and readmission following heart failure (HF) hospitalization in metropolitan and regional Australian settings.

Methods and results

We identified all index HF hospitalizations in the Hunter New England region from 2005 to 2014, using a 10 year 'look back' period. The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality or all-cause readmission at 1 year. Secondary endpoints included all-cause mortality, all-cause readmission, and HF readmission at 30 days and 1 year. We used logistic regression to explore the predictors of the composite outcome of either all-cause death or readmission at 1 year. There were 12 114 patients admitted with a first episode of HF between 2005 and 2014, followed up until

SUBMITTER: Al-Omary MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880667 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature