Pattern and Outcome of Heart Failure-Related Hospitalization Over 5-Years in a Remote Australian Population: a Retrospective Administrative Data Cohort of 617 Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Cases

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure 2017-10, Vol.23 (10), p.729-738
• Main Authors: Tuttle, Camilla, Reeves, Matthew, Zhong Hu, Ta-chi, Keates, Ashley K, Brady, Stephen, Maguire, Graeme, Stewart, Simon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Australia; Cardiovascular; Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data; Databases, Factual - trends; Epidemiology; Female; health outcomes; heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - therapy; Hospital Administration - statistics & numerical data; Hospital Administration - trends; Hospitalization - trends; Humans; Indigenous; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Population Surveillance - methods; remote; Retrospective Studies; Statistics as Topic - trends; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1071-9164; 1532-8414; 1532-8414
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.06.002

Abstract Aims To understand the pattern and outcomes for heart failure (HF) related hospitalization among Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients living in Central Australia. Methods and Results A retrospective analysis of administrative data for patients presenting with a primary or secondary diagnosis of HF to Central Australia's Alice Springs Hospital during 2008 to 2012 was performed. The population rate of admission and subsequent outcomes (including case-fatality and readmission) during the 5-year study period were examined. A total of 617 patients, aged 55.8±17.5 years and 302 (49%) females comprised the study cohort. The Indigenous patients, 446 (72%) are significantly younger (50.8±15.9 versus 68.7±14.9; p