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Study finds lower rate of heart failure at hospital stays between 1998 and 2008

10/20/11

A recent study published in the October 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that being hospitalized as the result of heart failure was about 30 percent less likely in 2008 compared to 1998.

The study, led by Jersey Chen, assistant professor of internal medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, examined data from more than 55 million fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with the goal to identify trends in the hospitalization rate of heart failure patients and one-year mortality rates after hospitalization for the condition.


"Our data analysis revealed that there was a relative decline of 29.5 percent of the overall risk-adjusted HF hospitalization rate from 1998 to 2008," Chen said. "Age-adjusted HF hospitalization rates declined over the study period for all race-sex categories, with black men having the lowest rate of decline."

A hospital stay can drastically change how a person views his or her life and the important things. Life insurance is encouraged for those with loved ones and dependents who rely on their financial support. The right policy can go a long way toward securing funeral funding and covering annual expenses.
 

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