In-hospital mortality, length of stay and hospital costs for hospitalized breast cancer patients with comorbid heart failure in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Breast cancer and heart failure (HF) are frequently interconnected due to shared risk factors and the cardiotoxicity of breast cancer treatment. However, the association between HF and hospital outcomes among breast cancer patients has not been studied. This study examined the association between HF and hospital outcomes among hospitalized patients with breast cancer.

Methods

This cross-sectional study using the 2015-2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-National Inpatient Sample data included hospitalized women who were aged 18 years or older and had a primary diagnosis code for breast cancer. Logistic regression, negative binomial regression, and generalized linear models with log-link and gamma distribution were used to assess the associations of HF with

SUBMITTER: Park C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627537 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature