Medical resource use and expenditure in patients with chronic heart failure: a population-based analysis of 88 195 patients

Aims Heart failure ( HF ) is one of the diseases with greater healthcare expenditure. However, little is known about the cost of HF at a population level. Hence, our aim was to study the population‐level distribution and predictors of healthcare expenditure in patients with HF . Methods and results This was a population‐based longitudinal study including all prevalent HF cases in Catalonia (Spain) on 31 December 2012 ( n = 88 195). We evaluated...