Clinical characteristics, medication and costs in acute heart failure patients in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Value in Health |
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| Web | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121452520/issue |
| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | acute heart failure; cost-of-illness; pharmacoeconomic analysis |
| Description | The treatment of heart failure patients uses 1-2 % of health care budget in developed European countries of which 2/3 are being spent on hospitalizations. AHF hospitalization is more frequent as the population ages (62% patients were more than 70 years old) and is associated with poor prognosis (in-hospital mortality 14.5%). |