The China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (China PEACE) retrospective heart failure study design.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalisation in China, which is experiencing a rapid increase in cardiovascular disease prevalence. Yet, little is known about current burden of disease, quality of care and treatment outcomes of HF in China. The objective of this paper is to describe the study methodology, data collection and abstraction, and progress to date of the China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events 5 Retrospective Heart Failure Study (China PEACE 5r-HF).

Methods and analysis

The China PEACE 5r-HF Study will examine a nationally representative sample of more than 10 000 patient records hospitalised for HF in 2015 in China. The study is a retrospective cohort study. Patients have been selected using a two-stage sampling des

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5950642 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature