摘要
背景:识别具有高死亡风险的患者对于适当处置患者和卫生保健资源至关重要。因心力衰竭(HF)反复住院对死亡率的影响尚未在大样本的社区HF人群中进行研究。本研究旨在依据患者因HF住院次数确定其生存特点。方法:通过卫生保健利用数据库,识别2000—2004年英属哥伦比亚所有居民中首次因HF住院的患者队列。
Background: Identification of patients at high risk of death is critical for appropriate management of patients and health care resources. The impact of repeated heart failure(HF) hospitalization on mortality has not been studied for a large community population with HF. We aimed to characterize survival of patients in relation to the number of HF hospitalizations. Method: Using the health care utilization databases, we identified a cohort of patients with a first hospitalization for HF among all residents ...
