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- Figure 1
Prevalence rates of hospital admissions for heart failure (HF) in Canada, 2004-2013.
- Figure 2
Estimated admission costs for heart failure and number of heart failure patients, 2004-2013, and projected for 2014-2030 (in 2014 $ values). Error bars incidate 95% confidence intervals.
Tables
- Table 1: Characteristics of heart failure patients admitted to hospital, 2004-2013 (excluding Quebec)
Characteristic 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Admissions to hospital, no. 43 102 42 039 41 033 40 390 40 899 41 084 41 585 42 298 43 163 45 528 Mean ELOS*, d (SD) 7.5
(4.1)7.5
(4.1)7.7
(4.4)7.8
(4.7)7.9
(4.8)8.0
(5.0)8.1
(5.1)8.3
(5.1)8.4
(5.3)8.3
(5.3)Median aLOS (IQR) 6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)6
(3-11)Patients 34 311 33 600 32 876 32 542 33 004 32 995 33 144 33 753 34 365 36 142 Male/female ratio 0.96 0.98 0.98 1.00 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.03 1.04 Mean age, yr (SD) 76.8
(12.1)76.9 (12.4) 77.1
(12.3)77.1
(12.5)77.2
(12.5)77.1
(12.7)77.6
(12.4)77.6
(12.5)77.8
(12.6)77.9
(12.7)Patient proportion by age group, yr, %† < 60 8.8 9.2 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.6 60-69 13.5 13.7 13.5 13.8 13.7 14.5 14.0 13.8 13.7 14.0 70-79 29.8 28.7 27.8 27.1 27.0 26.2 25.7 25.1 24.6 23.8 ≥ 80 47.8 48.4 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 51.9 52.5 53.2 53.6 Patient comorbidity, % AMI 11.7 11.7 12.0 11.9 12.7 11.6 11.6 11.1 10.5 9.6 COPD 19.5 19.4 20.1 19.7 20.5 20.2 21.0 21.1 20.7 20.2 Dementia 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 Diabetes 29.3 30.4 40.0 40.9 40.6 45.0 44.7 44.9 45.5 45.7 Renal 19.0 20.0 18.6 18.0 18.8 14.6 14.4 14.2 13.9 14.3 Patients with > 1 admission, % 17.9 17.7 17.8 17.4 17.4 17.6 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.8 Note: aLOS = acute length of stay, AMI = acute myocardial infarction, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ELOS = expected length of stay, IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.
*Number of days in hospital assigned to each admission based on CIHI grouping methodology.
†Total percentage may not be exactly 100% because of rounding
- Table 2: Annual hospital admission cost for patients admitted to hospital for heart failure (in 2014 dollar values)
Characteristic 2004 2007 2010 2013 Mean cost per patient, $ 9 679 10 092 10 522 10 970 Women, yr All ages 9 543 9 950 10 374 10 816 < 60 10 044 10 472 10 918 11 383 60-69 9 917 10 339 10 780 11 239 70-79 9 498 9 903 10 325 10 765 ≥ 80 8 714 9 085 9 472 9 876 Men, yr All ages 9 816 10 234 10 670 11 125 < 60 10 331 10 771 11 230 11 709 60-69 10 200 10 635 11 088 11 560 70-79 9 770 10 186 10 620 11 073 ≥ 80 8 963 9 345 9 743 10 158
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