A nationwide study of temporal trends of cause‐specific hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure

Autor: Silvana Kontogeorgos, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Annika Rosengren, Michael Fu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: ESC Heart Failure, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 2973-2981 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-5822
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14474
Popis: Abstract Aims The impact of hospital readmissions on the outcomes of heart failure (HF) patients is well known. However, data on temporal trends of cause‐specific hospital readmissions in these patients are limited. Methods and results From 1987 to 2014, we identified and followed up for 1 year 608 135 patients ≥18 years hospitalized with HF according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9 and 10 from the National Inpatient Register. Readmissions for cardiovascular (CVD) and non‐CVD causes and co‐morbidities were defined according to ICD‐9 and ICD‐10 codes. We analysed trends in the incidence rate of readmissions, the median time to the first rehospitalization, and the time to readmission, stratified by sex, age groups and cause of rehospitalization using linear regression. During our study, 1 year all‐cause mortality decreased (β = −4.93, P
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