The type of acute heart failure and the costs of hospitalization
| Autor: | Susana P. G. Costa, Markku S. Nieminen, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Krista Siirilä-Waris, Keijo Peuhkurinen, Stiina Ylikangas, John Melin, Reijo Sund |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease business.industry Cardiogenic shock medicine.disease Confidence interval Hospital care Pulmonary oedema Heart failure Emergency medicine medicine Observational study Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Prospective cohort study Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 145:103-105 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| Popis: | Background The costs of different classes of acute HF (AHF) are not known. Methods AHF patients (N = 620) were divided in a national, prospective, observational study into five clinical classes: cardiogenic shock, pulmonary oedema, congestive HF, hypertensive HF, and right HF. Index episode and 6-month readmissions were assessed and hospitalization costs were evaluated. Results The length of index episode, ICU/CCU stay and costs of index episode and cumulative 6-month costs differed significantly between the clinical classes. The highest cumulative 6-month hospitalization costs, 25,963 (15,053–44778) € (mean, 95% confidence interval) incurred in cardiogenic shock, followed by pulmonary oedema, 12,912 (11,006–15,148) €, and congestive HF, 9475 (8550–10,500) €. Conclusions AHF leads to significant need for hospital care and high costs which differ significantly between clinical classes of AHF. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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