National Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009
Chen J, Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Heart Failure Hospital Stay Rates, 2001 to 2009. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 61: 1078-1088. PMID: 23473413, PMCID: PMC3939721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital stay ratesLength of stayHF hospital stayHospital mortalityYears of ageHospital stayPatients 18Stay ratesNational Inpatient Sample dataU.S. hospital dischargesPatients 65 yearsPrimary discharge diagnosisSignificant declineOlder Medicare beneficiariesNational Inpatient SampleBlack menLarge national datasetHospital dischargeOlder patientsPatients 55Younger patientsDischarge diagnosisInpatient SampleMedicare beneficiariesAge 65