Objective
Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) as a clinical syndrome represents a major public health problem in industrialized countries due to increasing costs and limited resources. Recurrent unplanned hospitalizations (hosps) are common and lead to premature death. Increasing life expectancy due to the improvement in management of coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction and arterial hypertension thereby have contributed to an increased number of patients (pts). Nearly 200,000 people in Austria have CHF and the incidence is increasing.
Methods
Data acquired from the Austrian Department for Statistics between 1989 and 2013 from pts admitted to hospitals in Austria because of acutely decompensated heart failure (with the appropriate ICD-9 and -10 codes), frequency and in-hospital mortality were investigated. Patients below 55 years were excluded due to a low number of hosps. A total of 644,440 hospital discharges were included.
Methods
Data acquired from the Austrian Department for Statistics between 1989 and 2013 from pts admitted to hospitals in Austria because of acutely decompensated heart failure (with the appropriate ICD-9 and -10 codes), frequency and in-hospital mortality were investigated. Patients below 55 years were excluded due to a low number of hosps. A total of 644,440 hospital discharges were included.
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