Noncardiac comorbidity increases preventable hospitalizations and mortality among medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 1226 - 1233
• Main Authors: Braunstein, Joel B, Anderson, Gerard F, Gerstenblith, Gary, Weller, Wendy, Niefeld, Marlene, Herbert, Robert, Wu, Albert W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2003; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: ACSC; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - complications; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data; ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Asthma - complications; Asthma - epidemiology; Beneficiaries; Cardiology; CCS; CHF; chronic heart failure; Chronic illnesses; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical Classification System; Comorbidity; COPD; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes Complications; diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Female; Health Services for the Aged; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - prevention & control; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; ICD-9; International Classification of Diagnoses-9th revision; Male; Medical research; Medicare; Medicare - statistics & numerical data; Mortality; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Renal Insufficiency - complications; Renal Insufficiency - epidemiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - complications; Respiratory Insufficiency - epidemiology; United States; United States; United States > US; CHF; DM; CCS; ICD-9; ACSC; COPD

We studied the impact of noncardiac comorbidity on potentially preventable hospitalizations and mortality in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Chronic HF disproportionately affects older individuals, who typically have extensive comorbidity. However, little is known about how noncar...