HEART FAILURE

HEALTH CARE UTILISATION

SHORT-TERM IMPLEMENTATION

Aggregate bed-day rate: annual sum of number of days spent in hospital for HF per 100,000 population. ICD codes: ICD-9 428 and ICD-10 I50

Mean length of stay: mean number of days spent in hospital per HF patient. ICD codes: ICD-9 428 and ICD-10 I50