Heart failure in the Veneto region of Italy: analysis of therapeutic pathways and the utilization of healthcare resources.
Conclusions: In our study, we observed an under-prescription of recommended drugs for the treatment of HF. Moreover, one out of four HF patients were re-hospitalized for HF-related causes and the healthcare costs related to hospitalization accounted for the great majority of the total healthcare resource costs.
PMID: 31971025 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - Category: Health Management Tags: Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res Source Type: research
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