Chronic Heart Failure: We Are Fighting the Battle, but Are We Winning the War?
Figure 1
Number of occupied bed days per calendar year from 2005 to 2009 for patients admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with a primary diagnosis of heart failure (ICD codes 150.0 to 150.9). The arrow indicates the introduction of the multidisciplinary heart failure service. OBDs = occupied bed days.