Application of a risk-guided strategy to secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: analysis from a state-wide data linkage in Queensland, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study sought whether higher risk patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) benefit more from intensive disease management.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

State-wide public hospitals (Queensland, Australia).

Participants

This longitudinal study included 20 426 patients hospitalised in 2010 with CHD as the principal diagnosis. Patients were followed-up for 5 years.

Primary and secondary outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) within 5 years of hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes included all-cause readmission and all-cause mortality. A previously developed and validated risk score (PEGASUS-TIMI54) was used to estimate the risk of secondary events. Data on sociodemography, comorbidity

SUBMITTER: Huynh QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073398 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature