Burden of Repeated Hospitalizations on Patients with Heart Failure: An Analysis of Administrative and Claims Data in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Repeated hospitalization is a predictor of outcomes in heart failure, indicating the presence of symptoms, a deteriorated condition at pre-admission, and worsened prognosis.

Objectives

The current database study aimed to understand the clinical and economic burden of repeated hospitalizations among patients with heart failure in Japan. The effect of repeated hospitalizations on the subsequent in-hospital mortality was the primary objective; economic burden of heart failure after discharge was investigated as a secondary outcome.

Methods

Between 2013 and 2018, administrative claims and discharge summary data of patients aged ≥ 20 years and diagnosed with heart failure were obtained from a Diagnosis Procedure Combination database maintained by Medical Data Vi

SUBMITTER: Eguchi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature