Heart failure is a major health care problem in Spain, although its precise impact is unknown
due to the lack of data from appropriately designed studies. In contrast with the 2 …

Introduction and objectives Heart failure management programs reduce hospitalizations.
Some studies also show reduced mortality. The determinants of program success are …

La insuficiencia cardiaca en un problema sanitario de primer orden en nuestro país, aunque
no disponemos de cifras que permitan dimensionar su impacto con exactitud por falta de …

Background Increasing the knowledge about heart failure (HF) costs and their determinants
is important to ascertain how HF management can be optimized, leading to a significant …

Introduction and objectives Chronic heart failure is associated with high mortality and
utilization of health care and social resources. The objective of this study was to quantify the …

Background Cost-of-illness studies in palliative care are of growing interest in health
economics. There is no standard methodology to capture direct and non-direct healthcare …

Introducción y objetivos La insuficiencia cardiaca crónica es una enfermedad con elevada
mortalidad y consumidora de recursos sanitarios y sociales. El objetivo del estudio es …

In Spain, as in all other developed countries, heart failure is a colossal healthcare challenge.
It is estimated that more than 1,300,000 people have heart failure in Spain. Each year, there …

Aims We aim to agree on a set of proposals to improve the current management of heart
failure (HF) within the Spanish National Health System (SNHS) and apply the social return …

Introducción y objetivos El Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) es un
instrumento de calidad de vida específico para insuficiencia cardiaca crónica (ICC). El …