Figure 1.
Schematic of timeline for HF patients indicating hospitalizations and Gap times (a); States and transitions for multistate model.
Arrows indicate modeled transformations(b).
Figure 2.
First two hospitalizations shown
Table 1.
Baseline Cohort Demographics.
Figure 3.
Unadjusted mean times between HF hospitalizations and times to death for HF patients with at least two hospitalizations (1 gap).
Figure 4.
Distribution and times of patients next event following first hospitalization (a); Distribution and times of patients next event following second hospitalization(b).
Table 2.
Adjusted ‘Gap-time’ between hospitalizations in days in GEE model.
Table 3.
Hazard Rates for Multistate models.
Table 4.
Expected Changes in Adjusted times spent in each state prior to transition with all other covariates set to the mean level.