Table 2 Grouping of adult patients on the basis of selection diagnosis and number of patients belonging to each group
Group | Criteria | Description | nr patients (% of the total) | Sex: nr males (% in the group) | Age: mean (sd) [years] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G1 | Main diagnosis in common codes; or secondary diagnosis in common codes and in exclusive HCC; or secondary diagnosis in common codes and at least one admissions of the event in MDC 5 | Heart failure was the cause of admission or it complicated another cardiac disease | 149,733 (69.07) | 70,597 (47.15) | 77.76 (11.05) |
G2 | Main diagnosis in exclusive HCC codes; or secondary diagnosis in exclusive HCC codes | The patient has myocardial or cardiopulmonary disease; no code of cardiac failure reported. | 29,515 (13.62) | 18,576 (62.94) | 69.23 (13.51) |
G3 | Secondary diagnosis in common codes and no admission to hospital of the event in MDC 5 | Acute heart failure was a complication of other disease or chronic heart failure was reported as co-morbidity. | 36,802 (16.97) | 17,257 (46.89) | 80.13 (9.9) |
G4 | All the other cases | – | 732 (0.34) | 349 (47.68) | 77.46 (12.16) |