Incidence, prevalence, and mortality of heart failure: a nationwide registry study from 2013 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Large-scaled population studies of incidence and prevalence of heart failure (HF) are needed for the development of healthcare policies and priorities. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence, prevalence, and all-cause mortality of HF in Norway from 2013 to 2016 on the basis of a national registry.

Methods and results

Using data from the nationwide Norwegian Prescription Database, we identified all patients ≥18 years of age in Norway with at least one drug prescription with HF during 2013-2016, defined by 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes I50, I11, I13, or I42. The individual index date was the date of the first prescription. Patients were followed up until death or end of follow-up (31 October 2017). Annual inciden

SUBMITTER: Odegaard KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7373922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature