title: Epidemiologic burden of hospitalisation for congestive heart failure among adults aged ≥19 years in the Philippines.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study determined the prevalence of hospitalisation due to congestive heart failure (CHF) among adult patients aged 19 years and above in the Philippines and its 17 regions in 2014. It also determined the demographic profile of these patients, aetiology and type of CHF, comorbidities, duration of hospitalisation and the overall in-hospital mortality rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data collection was done using the hospitalisation claims database of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). All patient claims for CHF, that is, patients who were admitted from 1 January to 31 December 2014, were included. Descriptive statistics were utilised to obtain the results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence rate was 1.6% or 1648 cases of CHF for every 100 000 patient claims for medical conditions in 2014. The mean age was 52.6±15.1 years. There was no sex predilection. Only 22.67% of the hospitalisation claims for CHF listed possible specific aetiologies, the most common of which was hypertensive heart disease (86.7%). There were more cases of systolic compared to diastolic heart failure. The mean length of hospital stay was 5.9 days (+8.2) days (median 4 days), with an overall in-hospital mortality rate of 8.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were 16 cases of heart failure for every 1000 Filipino patients admitted due to a medical condition in 2014. Hypertension was possibly the most common aetiologic factor. Compared to western and Asia-Pacific countries, the local mortality rate was relatively higher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines Manila, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
authors.forename: Bernadette A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Tumanan-Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, De La Salle University Medical Center, Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines; Department of Physiology, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines.
authors.forename: Victor L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology , Manila Doctors Hospital , Manila , Philippines.
authors.forename: April Ann A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bermudez-Delos Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines; Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
authors.forename: Felix Eduardo R
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Punzalan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology , Manila Doctors Hospital , Manila , Philippines.
authors.forename: Noemi S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Pestaño
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology , Manila Doctors Hospital , Manila , Philippines.
authors.forename: Rudy Boy
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Natividad
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology , Manila Doctors Hospital , Manila , Philippines.
authors.forename: Louie Alfred
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Shiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology , Manila Doctors Hospital , Manila , Philippines.
authors.forename: Renelene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macabeo
keywords: HEART FAILURE