| Autor: |
Felipe-Estuardo Gonzalez-Loyola, Miguel-Angel Muñoz, Elena Navas, Jordi Real, Ernest Vinyoles, José-Maria Verdú-Rotellar |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Atención Primaria, Vol 54, Iss 8, Pp 102413- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0212-6567 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.aprim.2022.102413 |
| Popis: |
Objectives: To determine the epidemiology of heart failure registered in primary healthcare clinical records in Catalunya, Spain, between 2010 and 2014, focusing on incidence, mortality, and resource utilization. Design: Retrospective observational cohort study. Setting: Study was carried out in primary care setting. Participants and interventions: Patients registered as presenting a new heart failure diagnosis. The inclusion period ran from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2013, but patients were followed until 31st December 2013 in order to analyze mortality. Main measures: Information came from electronic medical records. Results: A total of 64 441 patients were registered with a new diagnosis of heart failure (2.76 new cases per 1000 persons-year). Among them, 85.8% were ≥65 years. The number of cases/1000 persons-year was higher in men in all age groups. Incidence ranged from 0.04 in women |
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