La persistance des traitements reste perfectible
• A total of 17 824 patients had
their first hospitalization for HF
in the PHARMO database, 8276
patients in the 1998 – 2002
period, and 9548 between 2003
and 2007.
• In the period 1998 – 2002, the
mean age of patients was
comparable to the relevant data
in 2003–07 (75+11 and 76+11
years, respectively), and in both
time-periods, 49% of
hospitalized patients were male.