Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2868447 | Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angéiologie | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Chronic heart failure remains a frequent, severe and costly disease. Despite encouraging data from different countries, heart failure clinics are scarce in France. We have analyzed the impact of a heart failure clinic (UTIC of Pontoise) in terms of reduction of rehospitalizations and in hospitalization costs in 4855Â consecutive patients. In our study, heart failure clinic management dramatically reduces HF related hospitalizations (RRR: â28Â %, PÂ =Â 0.001) and HF related costs (55% reduction, PÂ <Â 0.001) regardless of comorbidities or disease severity. HF clinics have to be developed in France in order to optimize management of CHF and reduce the HF related costs.
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Authors
C. Baudouin, S. Groshens, P. Gueneau, M. Rousseau, M. Saura, N. Hryschyschyn, A. Hillani, J. Dagorn, E. Pitthan, P. Jourdain,