Evidence-based pharmacotherapies used in the post-discharge phase are associated with improved one-year survival in senior patients hospitalised with heart failure Short title: Heart failure pharmacotherapies and survival post-discharge

1 ID CDR-OR-06-2018-108 (revision1) Evidence-based pharmacotherapies used in the post-discharge phase are associated with improved one-year survival in senior patients hospitalised with heart failure Short title: Heart failure pharmacotherapies and survival post-discharge Xiwen Qin,1* Joseph Hung,2* Matthew Knuiman1, Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng,1,3 , Tom Briffa,1 Frank M Sanfilippo1 *denotes equal first co-authors AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS 1 School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 2. Medical School, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 3. National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore