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Keywords: Aged; Ambulatory Care - economics; Ambulatory Care - standards; Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Confidence intervals; Cost Savings; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Costs; Day Care, Medical - economics; Day Care, Medical - standards; Day Care, Medical - statistics & numerical data; Drug therapy; Evidence-based medicine; Female; Health Care Costs; Health Services Research; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - economics; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Heart Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Life Expectancy; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Patient admissions; Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data; Program Evaluation; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Quality of life; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke Volume; Studies; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome; United States--US; Italy; CHF; NYHA; RR; ACE; DH; CI; LVEF; IV; EBM; HFU; DRG; QALY; Vo2; HF; Human; Heart failure; Evaluation; Cardiotonic agent; Cardiovascular disease; Hospitalization; Cost benefit analysis; Chemotherapy; Chronic; Treatment; Heart disease; Health economy; At home; Rehabilitation(human); Comparative study