Heart Failure Hospitalization Statistics

Key Takeaways

• 11 in 4 people with heart failure are readmitted within 30 days after discharge
• 2≈25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days
• 3≈1.3 million hospitalizations in the U.S. for heart failure occur each year
• 4Heart failure accounts for 1 in 10 deaths among older adults (65+) in the U.S.
• 5In the U.S., the prevalence of heart failure is 3.2% among adults (2016, CDC/CHS estimates)
• 6In the U.S., 1.6 million people live with heart failure (roughly 1 in 50 adults, 2016)
• 71-year mortality after hospitalization for heart failure is ~20% for Medicare beneficiaries
• 830-day mortality after hospitalization for heart failure is ~4% in U.S. practice patterns
• 9In-hospital mortality for heart failure hospitalizations is 3.1% in the U.S. (2018 data)
• 10In the U.S., total heart failure healthcare spending exceeds $40 billion annually when combining medical costs and indirect costs (model estimate)
• 11In the U.S., heart failure costs are projected to increase to $69.7 billion by 2030 (2015 baseline model)
• 12In 2012, hospital inpatient care was 42% of total direct medical costs for heart failure in the U.S.
• 13In U.S. hospital data, heart failure accounts for 6.0% of all potentially preventable hospital readmissions
• 1477.7% of hospitalized heart failure patients received discharge instructions including medication management (U.S. HCAHPS/measure reporting)
• 15About 70% of heart failure patients have at least one comorbidity that complicates hospitalization (U.S. claims analyses)

About one in four heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days, driving major mortality and costs.