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Figure 1 Impact of noncardiac comorbidity burden on the annual probability of a Medicare beneficiary with chronic heart failure (n = 122,630) experiencing a hospitalization due to any cause, a preventable hospitalization or a preventable hospitalization due to chronic heart failure (CHF). Data are represented as mean probabilities. p < 0.0001 for linear trend for all outcomes. ACSC = ambulatory care sensitive conditions.