Incidence and Prevalence of Heart Failure in Elderly Persons, 1994-2003
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- 25 February 2008
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- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 168 (4) , 418-424
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2007.80
Abstract
The impact of heart failure on public health is substantial. Heart failure affects nearly 5 million people in the United States, and more than 300 000 die each year as a result of the disease.1 Heart failure is primarily a disease of elderly persons and, consequently, places a significant and growing economic burden on the Medicare program. From 1984 to 2002, hospitalizations for heart failure among people 65 years or older increased by more than 30%.2Keywords
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