RT Journal
A1 Wong CX, Brooks AG, Leong DP, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P
T1 The increasing burden of atrial fibrillation compared with heart failure and myocardial infarction: A 15-year study of all hospitalizations in australia
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD May 14
VO 172
IS 9
SP 739
OP 741
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878
AB 
In recent years, reports have suggested that the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasing.1 Importantly, it has been recognized that hospitalizations account for the majority of the economic cost associated with AF.2 Trends in hospitalizations for this common condition have shown 2- to 3-fold increases in both North America and Europe through the 1980s and 1990s.3- 5 Despite the limitations of representative data and modest-sized cohorts, these reports highlight a growing clinical and public health problem.