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Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure.

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Allen, LA; Anstrom, KJ; Horton, JR; Shaw, LK; Eisenstein, EL; Felker, GM
Published in: J Card Fail
December 2009

BACKGROUND: Anemia is associated with higher morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF), but its implications for heath care costs are not well described. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed data on 1056 patients with symptomatic HF seen at Duke University between 2002 and 2006. Health care costs were obtained from the hospital cost accounting data system. Adjustments for censoring and covariate imbalance were performed using inverse probability weighted estimators and propensity scores. The prevalence of anemia was 32%. Unadjusted mortality at 3 years was 50.3% in anemic versus 26.5% in non-anemic patients. The adjusted costs per year alive were $22,926 for patients with anemia and $17,189 for those without (P=.04). For those with ejection fraction

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J Card Fail

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EISSN

1532-8414

Publication Date

December 2009

Volume

15

Issue

10

Start / End Page

843 / 849

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Health Resources
  • Health Care Costs
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Databases, Factual
  • Cohort Studies
 

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Allen, L. A., Anstrom, K. J., Horton, J. R., Shaw, L. K., Eisenstein, E. L., & Felker, G. M. (2009). Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure. J Card Fail, 15(10), 843–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.06.435
Allen, Larry A., Kevin J. Anstrom, John R. Horton, Linda K. Shaw, Eric L. Eisenstein, and G Michael Felker. “Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure.J Card Fail 15, no. 10 (December 2009): 843–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.06.435.
Allen LA, Anstrom KJ, Horton JR, Shaw LK, Eisenstein EL, Felker GM. Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure. J Card Fail. 2009 Dec;15(10):843–9.
Allen, Larry A., et al. “Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure.J Card Fail, vol. 15, no. 10, Dec. 2009, pp. 843–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.06.435.
Allen LA, Anstrom KJ, Horton JR, Shaw LK, Eisenstein EL, Felker GM. Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure. J Card Fail. 2009 Dec;15(10):843–849.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Card Fail

DOI

EISSN

1532-8414

Publication Date

December 2009

Volume

15

Issue

10

Start / End Page

843 / 849

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Health Resources
  • Health Care Costs
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Databases, Factual
  • Cohort Studies