biostudies-literatureUnknown4(5)Teng TH<h4>Objectives</h4>We examined differentials in short-term (30-day mortality) and 1-year mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index (first-ever) hospitalisation for heart failure (HF), between rural and metropolitan patients resident in Western Australia.<h4>Design</h4>A population-based cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Hospitalised patients in Western Australia, Australia.<h4>Participants</h4>Index patients aged 20-84 years with a first-ever hospitalisation for HF between 2000 and 2009 (with no prior admissions for HF in previous 10 years), identified using the Western Australia linked health data.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index admission for HF.<h4>Results</h4>Of 17 379 index patients with HF identified, 25.9% (44BMJ opene004724https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4025448biostudies-literatureRural-urban differentials in 30-day and 1-year mortality following first-ever heart failure hospitalisation in Western Australia: a population-based study using data linkage.PMC4025448Hung JKnuiman MHobbs MSanfilippo FMTeng THGeelhoed EKatzenellenbogen JMThompson SCfalseRural-urban differentials in 30-day and 1-year mortality following first-ever heart failure hospitalisation in Western Australia: a population-based study using data linkage.<h4>Objectives</h4>We examined differentials in short-term (30-day mortality) and 1-year mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index (first-ever) hospitalisation for heart failure (HF), between rural and metropolitan patients resident in Western Australia.<h4>Design</h4>A population-based cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Hospitalised patients in Western Australia, Australia.<h4>Participants</h4>Index patients aged 20-84 years with a first-ever hospitalisation for HF between 2000 and 2009 (with no prior admissions for HF in previous 10 years), identified using the Western Australia linked health data.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality (in 30-day survivors) following index admission for HF.<h4>Results</h4>Of 17 379 index patients with HF identified, 25.9% (442014-01-01T00:00:00Z2014 May2025-04-05T13:37:37.629Z2019-03-27T01:28:27ZS-EPMC40254482479325410.1136/bmjopen-2013-004724