Presents the findings of a survey, published in the May/April 2003 issue of 'Health Affairs,' on the medical cost of heart disease in the U.S. Cost estimated for of heart disease in the country; Comparison of medical costs in heart disease with that of other leading diseases in the ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis in heart disease, Part II: Preventive therapies. Cost-effectiveness analysis of preventive therapies are reviewed in the following categories: lipid lowering, hypertension, smoking cessation, exercise, and anticoagulation. From review of 8 analyses, cost-effectiveness of primary...
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), secondary to group A streptococcal infection is endemic in the developing as well as parts of the developed world with significant costs to the patient, and to the healthcare system. We briefly review the prevalence and cost of RHD in developed and developing na...
During the general interview, the doctor asks the patient about the medical history, family history of heart disease, past conditions, its symptoms and course of treatment, duration of symptoms, age and general health, including the presence of other medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertens...
s heart health.Surging rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes in younger adults “are more impactful than we had anticipated, unfortunately,” Houser said.The aging of the baby boom generation is also playing a large role in the projected increase in heart disease rates, the study reported.At ...
Objective This study estimates the unit costs of outpatient consultation, hospitalization, intensive care, selected surgical procedures and diagnostics for providing cardiac care for valvular heart disease at a tertiary hospital in India. Methods We undertook an economic costing of cardiac care using both...
ML Brown,LG Kessler - 《International Journal of Cancer》 被引量: 35发表: 1996年 Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia in primary care: a cost-effectiveness study BACKGROUND: Haemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell disease and thalassaemia (SCT), are inherited disorders of haemoglobin. Ante...
9.The naming of the disease itself perhaps represents a praiseworthy effort of observation.这种疾病的命名本身也许就说明了一个可贵的观察成果。 10.Cost-Minimization Analysis of 3 Therapeutic Regimens for Angina Pectoris in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease3种用药方案治疗冠心病心绞痛的最小成本分析 11...
Duration of disutility may also be interpreted as severity of quality-of-life impairment (eg, 2 months of disutility equivalent to 1 month of disutility twice as severe as the base case estimate). CV indicates cardiovascular; HFH, heart failure hospitalization; ICER, incremental cost-...
There is growing evidence to support the benefits of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) over surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (sSAS) who are at high- or intermediate-risk of surgical