Prescribing Patterns of Heart Failure-Exacerbating Medications Following a Heart Failure Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to describe the patterns of heart failure (HF)-exacerbating medications used among older adults hospitalized for HF and to examine determinants of HF-exacerbating medication use.

Background

HF-exacerbating medications can potentially contribute to adverse outcomes and could represent an important target for future strategies to improve post-hospitalization outcomes.

Methods

Medicare beneficiaries ≥65 years of age with an adjudicated HF hospitalization between 2003 and 2014 were derived from the geographically diverse REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Difference in Stroke) cohort study. Major HF-exacerbating medications, defined as those listed on the 2016 American Heart Association Scientific Statement listing medications that can

SUBMITTER: Goyal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521627 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature