Healthcare Costs for Acute Hospitalized and Chronic Heart Failure in South Korea: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSION: The majority of healthcare costs for HF patients in South Korea was related to hospitalization, especially admissions via the ED. Appropriate treatment strategies including modification of risk factors to prevent or decrease hospitalization are needed to reduce the economic burden on HF patients.
PMID: 28792137 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - August 10, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ku H, Chung WJ, Lee HY, Yoo BS, Choi JO, Han SW, Jang J, Lee EK, Kang SM Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research