National Heart Failure Audit 2012/13 Clinical Practice Analysis

This dataset comprises a set of analyses concerning the treatment of patients with heart failure by NHS hospitals in England in 2011/12. The data has been reproduced from the National Heart Failure Audit 2012/13 Annual Report.

The National Heart Failure Audit monitors the treatment of heart failure patients in England and Wales. It collects data on patients with an unscheduled admission to hospital who are discharged with a primary diagnosis of heart failure. The audit covers all hospitals in England and Wales which admit acute patients with heart failure – the vast majority (92%) of hospitals currently submit data.

Only English data are included in this dataset. Analyses are included for every eligible English hospital which submitted at least 50 records to the audit in the 2012/13 audit year.

The analyses include:
• The number of patients at each hospital discharged with a diagnosis of heart failure
• The number of patients within this group with a clinical diagnosis of heart failure
• The percentage of patients who received an echo, either during this admission or within the previous 6 months
• The percentage of patients who were a cardiology inpatient for the majority of their hospital stay
• The percentage of patients who received input from a consultant cardiologist
• The percentage of patients who received input from a heart failure specialist (consultant cardiologist, consultant with interest in heart failure, or heart failure nurse specialist)
• The percentage of patients who were prescribed an ACE inhibitor on discharge
• The percentage of patients who were prescribed an ACE inhibitor or an ARB on discharge
• The percentage of patients who were prescribed a beta blocker on discharge
• The percentage of patients who received discharge planning
• The percentage of patients who were referred to a heart failure nurse follow-up service (covering both all patients, and just those with a diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD)).
• The percentage of patients who were referred to follow-up with a cardiologist.

本数据集收录了2011/12年度英国国家卫生服务体系（NHS）医院对心力衰竭患者治疗情况的分析。数据源自2012/13年度国家心力衰竭审计年度报告。

国家心力衰竭审计项目负责监测英格兰和威尔士心力衰竭患者的治疗情况。它收集了因非计划入院而出院时被主要诊断为心力衰竭的患者数据。审计覆盖了英格兰和威尔士所有接收急性心力衰竭患者的医院——目前绝大多数（92%）的医院提交了数据。

本数据集仅包含英语数据。其中包含了对2012/13审计年度至少提交了50条记录的符合条件的英格兰医院的分析。

分析内容如下：
• 每家医院被诊断为心力衰竭的出院患者数量
• 在这一群体中，具有临床心力衰竭诊断的患者数量
• 接受超声心动图检查的患者比例，无论是本次入院期间还是前6个月内
• 在其住院期间大部分时间接受心脏内科住院治疗的患者比例
• 接受顾问心脏病专家意见的患者比例
• 接受心力衰竭专家（顾问心脏病专家、对心力衰竭感兴趣的顾问或心力衰竭专科护士）意见的患者比例
• 被开具血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂（ACE抑制剂）的患者比例
• 被开具ACE抑制剂或血管紧张素II受体拮抗剂（ARB）的患者比例
• 被开具β受体阻滞剂的患者比例
• 接受出院计划的患者比例
• 被推荐至心力衰竭专科护士随访服务的患者比例（涵盖所有患者，以及仅诊断为左心室收缩功能障碍（LVSD）的患者）
• 被推荐至心脏病专家进行随访的患者比例。