National Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Medicare Beneficiaries
Chen J, Hsieh AF, Dharmarajan K, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation 2013, 128: 2577-2584. PMID: 24190958, PMCID: PMC4415510, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHF hospitalizationHeart failureMyocardial infarctionMedicare beneficiariesManagement of AMIHeart failure hospitalizationSubsequent HF hospitalizationNumber of patientsNational trendsHigh-risk conditionsContemporary national trendsRelative annual increaseDemographic factorsFailure hospitalizationPerson yearsClinical comorbiditiesNational sampleComplete national sampleHospitalizationMedicare feeAMI hospitalizationService beneficiariesAnnual declineStudy period