Reduce heart failure hospitalizations in adults — HDS‑09 - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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Most Recent Data:
374.0 hospitalizations for heart failure per 100,000 adults (2021) *

Target:
330.2 per 100,000 ¹ *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
366.9 hospitalizations for heart failure per 100,000 adults aged 18 years and over occurred in 2016 ² *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Reduce hospitalizations among adults with heart failure as the principal diagnosis

Target-Setting Method

Percent improvement

Data Sources: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project - National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Population Estimates, Census

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Summary

Many people die of heart failure in the United States each year. And over the past 2 decades, the number of people who are hospitalized because of heart failure has increased. Strategies to prevent and treat heart failure can reduce both the rate of heart failure and the number of hospitalizations due to heart failure.

Topics: Heart Disease and Stroke, Hospital and Emergency Services

Workgroup: Heart Disease and Stroke Workgroup

1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

Reduce heart failure hospitalizations in adults — HDS‑09

Status: Getting worse

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