Table 3.

Short and intermediate-term outcomes of early (2007–2011) and recent (2012–2017) years patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure.

a. All patients
	Early (N = 4366)	Recent (N = 3966)	p value
Admission length, days - median [IQR]	5 [3–8]	6 [3–9]	<0.001
In hospital mortality - n (%)	390 (8.9)	317 (8.0)	0.124
Readmission within 30 days - n (%)	854 (21.5)	745 (20.4)	0.285
Mortality within 30 days - n (%)	129 (3.2)	113 (3.1)	0.713
Mortality within 1 year - n (%)	927 (23.3)	868 (23.8)	0.627

b. Only patients admitted to cardiology
	Early (N = 397)	Recent (N = 478)	p value
Admission length, days - median [IQR]	5 [3–7]	5 [3–8]	0.255
In hospital mortality - n (%)	49 (12.3)	30 (6.3)	0.002
Readmission within 30 days - n (%)	62 (17.8)	77 (17.2)	0.817
Mortality within 30 days - n (%)	6 (1.7)	11 (2.5)	0.479
Mortality within 1 year - n (%)	36 (10.3)	60 (13.4)	0.19