Systematic literature review on the economic, humanistic, and societal burden of heart failure in children and adolescents

Unlike the adult heart failure (HF) patient population, there is scarce information on the overall burden of HF in the pediatric population across geographies and within different age groups.A systematic review aims to describe and quantify the economic, humanistic, and societal burden of pediatric (age <18 years) HF on patients and caregivers. Eighteen published studies over a period of 10 years (1 January 2006-20 May 2016) were identified...