This report uses linked data from the National Health Data Hub (NHDH) to deepen our understanding of people hospitalised with heart failure in Australia. Patient pathways of 71,500 people were explored for a year after leaving hospital, focusing on community-based health care use, medication use, and health outcomes.
- Cat. no: CVD 101
Key findings
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3 out of 5 people who survived a heart failure hospitalisation in 2019 were aged 75 and over
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Nearly 1 in 4 (23%) of the cohort returned to hospital within 30 days
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3 out of 5 people saw a GP within a week of leaving their heart failure hospitalisation
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40% of the cohort aged 18 and over had ‘high frailty’ calculated using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score