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Table 4 Rehospitalization rate and 1-year mortality rate in Thailand between 2008 and 2013a

From: National trend in heart failure hospitalization and outcome under public health insurance system in Thailand 2008–2013

Parameter

Year

P-value for trend

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013b

HF hospitalization, n

61,594

67,961

67,654

78,488

78,990

80,246

Discharged alive HF hospitalization, n

54,280

59,964

59,629

69,343

70,143

64,672

30-Day all-cause rehospitalization rate, n (%)

18,471 (34.0)

20,640 (34.4)

20,458 (34.3)

23,801 (34.3)

24,184 (34.5)

22,386 (34.6)

0.186

Age and sex-adjusted 30-day rehospitalization rate, %d

33.9

34.3

34.3

34.4

34.5

34.7

 < 0.001

One-year rehospitalization

39,254 (72.3)

43,662 (72.8)

43,883 (73.6)

50,776 (73.2)

51,486 (73.4)

NA

0.084

Time to first all-cause rehospitalization, median (IQR), d

37 (12–105)

36 (12–104)

37 (13–106)

37 (12–105)

37 (12–104)

NA

0.371

HF rehospitalization

30-Day HF rehospitalization, n (%)

8663 (16.0)

9840 (16.4)

9602 (16.1)

11,484 (16.6)

11,668 (16.6)

10,799 (16.7)

0.001

Age–sex-adjusted 30-day HF rehospitalization rate, %

16.0

16.4

16.1

16.6

16.6

16.7

0.001

Three-month HF rehospitalization

14,707 (27.1)

16,637 (27.7)

16,362 (27.4)

19,281 (27.8)

19,508 (27.8)

NA

0.054

One-year HF rehospitalization

22,134 (40.8)

24,691 (41.2)

24,737 (41.5)

28,708 (41.4)

28,773 (41.0)

NA

0.543

Time for first HF rehospitalization, median (IQR), d

49 (16–128)

48 (16–125)

49 (17–131)

48 (16–126)

47 (16–124)

NA

0.063

One-year mortality

HF patients, n of persons

43,323

47,060

47,584

54,156

54,835

NA

 

One-year mortality

13,766 (31.8)

14,440 (30.7)

14,347 (30.2)

16,072 (29.7)

15,641 (28.5)

NA

 < 0.001

Age and sex-adjusted 1-year mortality, % (95% CI)c

31.9 (31.5–32.4)

30.8 (30.4–31.2)

30.1 (29.7–30.5)

29.6 (29.2–30.0)

28.4 (28.1–28.8)

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HF, heart failure; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable
  2. aTo test for significant trends, the Mantel–Haenszel-Chi-Square test of linear association for categorical variables and Cuzick non-parametric test for continuous variable were used
  3. bExcluded patient discharged in December 2013 for 30-day rehospitalization rate
  4. cAge and gender at 2008 were used to adjusted using Poisson regression