Elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure show no improvement in outcomes during 1990s
Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, September 17th, 2006
A recent report from the United States notes, "Despite dramatic changes in heart failure management during the 1990s, little is known about the national heart failure mortality trends during this time period, particularly among the elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine temporal trends in outcomes of elderly patients with heart failure between 1992 and 1999."
"We analyzed a national sample of 3,957,520 Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or more who were hospitalized with heart failure between 1992 and 1999, assessing temporal trends in...
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