Health care service usage and costs for high-needs elderly patients with heart failure
Alessandra Buja1
Riccardo Caberlotto2
Carlo Pinato1
Giulia Grotto2
Maria Chiara Corti3
Francesco Avossa3
Elena Schievano3
Vincenzo Baldo1
1.Department of Cardiologic, Vascular and Thoracic Sciences, and Public Health, University of Padua, Padova, Italy2.School of Specialization in Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua, Padova, Italy3.Azienda Zero, Unità Operativa Complessa "Servizio Epidemiologico Regionale e Registri", Italy
摘要：Heart failure (HF) has been defined as global disease of pandemic proportions, since it affects around 26 million people worldwide.[1] According to a recent study, age is the most important factor influencing the prevalence of HF, as it is for most other chronic conditions.[2] This means that, with the predicted aging of the population (the proportion of the world's population aged 60 years and over will nearly double from 2015 to 2050), [3] there will be a growth in the total burden of HF, and a rise in the number of comorbidities in HF patients.According to a recent study, almost 86％ of adults with HF have two or more comorbid conditions.[4]Comorbidity, defined as the co-existence of one or more additional conditions in individuals with a specified index medical condition,[5] adds to the complexity of treating elderly patients with HF.
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论文发表日期：2020-09-28
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：5( 580-584 )
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