Clinical and Economic Burden of Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction Following a Worsening Heart Failure Event.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A worsening heart failure event (WHFE) is defined as progressively escalating heart failure signs/symptoms requiring intravenous diuretic treatment or hospitalization. No studies have compared the burden of chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) following a WHFE versus stable disease to inform healthcare decision makers.

Methods

A retrospective study using the IBM^® MarketScan^® Commercial Database included patients younger than 65 years of age with HFrEF (one inpatient or two outpatient claims of systolic HF or one outpatient claim of systolic HF plus one outpatient claim of any HF). The first claim for HFrEF during 2016 was the index date. Patients were followed for the first 12 months after the index date (the worseni

SUBMITTER: Butler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444407 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature