Trends in survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom 2000-2017: population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report reliable estimates of short term and long term survival rates for people with a diagnosis of heart failure and to assess trends over time by year of diagnosis, hospital admission, and socioeconomic group.

Design

Population based cohort study.

Setting

Primary care, United Kingdom.

Participants

Primary care data for 55 959 patients aged 45 and overwith a new diagnosis of heart failure and 278 679 age and sex matched controls in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2017 and linked to inpatient Hospital Episode Statistics and Office for National Statistics mortality data.

Main outcome measures

Survival rates at one, five, and 10 years and cause of death for people with and without heart failure; and

SUBMITTER: Taylor CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372921 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature