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Medicare patients with heart failure hospitalization declining

10/21/11

According to a recent study in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medicine Association, heart failure-related hospitalization among Medicare patients decreased drastically between 1998 and 2008.

The study found that the 1-year mortality rate also decreased significantly during this time period, but still remains high.

"Heart failure (HF) imposes one of the highest disease burdens of any medical condition in the United States with an estimated 5.8 million patients experiencing HF in 2006," the study reported. "It is not known whether recent declines in ischemic heart disease and its risk factors have been accompanied by declines in HF (heart failure) hospitalization and mortality."

The study's results show that from 1998 to 2008 there was a 29.5 percent decrease of the overall risk-adjusted heart failure hospitalization rate.

Researchers found that the 1-year mortality rate decreased from 31.7 percent to 29.6 percent between 1999 and 2008.

Senior citizens are typically more prone to heart-related problems, but more than half are unaware of the symptoms of a heart attack, according to the Archives of Internal Medicine. Senior citizens are encouraged to prepare for the future by exploring different life insurance options. 

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