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REACH
Resource utilization Among Congestive Heart failure
Ongoing trial
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Author(s) |
McCullough PA, Philbin EF, Spertus JA, Kaatz S, Sandberg KR, Weaver WD
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Title(s) |
Confirmation of a heart failure epidemic: findings from the Resource utilization Among Congestive Heart failure (REACH) study
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Reference(s) |
J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;39:60-9 |
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Disease |
Heart failure
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Purpose |
To demonstrate the feasibility of creating an information infrastructure to report the incidence, prevalence and process of care for patients with heart failure
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Study design |
Observational
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Follow-up |
11 years
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Patients |
29,686 patients (52.6% women), mean ages 71.1 ± 14.5 years in women and 67 ± 14.4 years in men, with congestive heart failure
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Treatment regimen |
Observational |
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Results |
Men predominated in all incident age groups (p < 0.0000001). An annual increase in prevalence of 1.0/1000 in women and 0.9/1000 in men was observed (p < 0.0001 for both trends). African Americans comprised 44.6% of the study sample, and had greater rates of new heart failure cases than other race groups (p < 0.0000001). The methodology used appeared feasible, automated and replicable in other health systems. Final results not yet available
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