Utility loss and indirect costs following cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients: the ASCOT health economic substudy.

Autor:	Lindgren, Peter, Kahan, Thomas, Poulter, Neil, Buxton, Martin, Svarvar, Patrick, Dahlöf, Björn, Jönsson, Bengt, Dahlöf, Björn, Jonsson, Bengt, ASCOT investigators
Předmět:	CARDIOVASCULAR diseases HYPERTENSION PATIENTS CORONARY disease HEART diseases OVERHEAD costs ANGINA pectoris COMPARATIVE studies ECONOMIC aspects of diseases RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL cooperation MYOCARDIAL infarction RESEARCH STROKE EVALUATION research QUALITY-adjusted life years ECONOMICS
Zdroj:	European Journal of Health Economics; Mar2007, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p25-30, 6p
Abstrakt:	This study assessed the loss of utility and indirect costs associated with first cardiovascular events. Data was collected (using EQ-5D) prospectively at 3, 6, and 12 months following an event in the Swedish part of the Anglo-Scandinavian cardiac outcomes trial (ASCOT), including patients with mild to moderate hypertension and additional risk factors. Sixty patients were eligible for analysis. An event was associated with a one-year utility loss of 0.075 (95% CI: 0.038-0.114). For a stroke, the reduction was 0.145 (CI: 0.059-0.249) and for acute coronary syndromes (myocardial infarction or unstable angina) the loss was 0.051 (-0.003 to 0.103). The utility at baseline was no different to the utility in a control group. The indirect cost over the first 12 months (2003 Swedish Kronor, SEK) was 90028 SEK (CI: 46027-146754), 9866 euro for patients in the workforce. These results are helpful in future economic evaluations of primary preventive measures in cardiovascular medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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