Open AccessHeart failure events, and case fatalities in Switzerland based on hospital statistics and cause of death statistics
Author(s) -
Katharina Meyer,
Nicole Mürner,
Kurt Laederach,
Anja Simmet,
Otto M. Hess
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2008.12304
Subject(s) - medicine , population , demography , incidence (geometry) , heart failure , mortality rate , icd 10 , hospital discharge , environmental health , psychiatry , physics , sociology , optics
In Switzerland there is a shortage of population-based information on heart failure (HF) incidence and case fatalities (CF). The aim of this study was to estimate HF event rates and both in- and out-of-hospital CF rates.
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