Table 1.
Usual care | Definitions | NYHA II or III | NYHA III or IV |
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Probability | |||
| |||
Death rate | |||
Not hospitalized | 0.007 [11, 16] | 0.01 (0.01–0.015 [17]) | |
Hospitalized | 0.100 (0.07–0.1 [18]) | 0.100 (0.07–0.1 [17, 18]) | |
Hospitalization | |||
H = 0 | No prior hospitalization | 0.008 [11, 16] | 0.008 [17, 18] |
H = 1 | Index admission | 0.052 [11, 16] | 0.168 [17, 18] |
H = 2 | 2 previous admissions | 0.106 [11, 16] | 0.213 [17, 18] |
H = 3 | 3 previous admissions | 0.121 [11, 16] | 0.268 [17, 18] |
H = 4+ | 4+ previous admissions | 0.180 [11, 16] | 0.334 [17, 18] |