Treatment costs of acute myocardial infarction in the Netherlands.
Neth Heart J
; 21(5): 230-5, 2013 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study aimed to calculate the treatment costs of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the Netherlands for 2012. Also, the degree of association between treatment costs of AMI and some patient and hospital characteristics was examined.METHODS:
For this retrospective cost analysis, patients were drawn from the database of the Diagnosis Treatment Combination (Diagnose Behandeling Combinatie, DBC) casemix system, which contains data on the resource use of all hospitalisations in the Netherlands. All costs were based on Euro 2012 cost data.RESULTS:
The analysis was based on data of 25,657 patients. Mean treatment costs were estimated atCONCLUSIONS:
This study is the most extensive cost assessment of the treatment costs of AMI in the Netherlands thus far. Our results may be used as input for health-economic models and economic evaluations to support the decision making of registration, reimbursement and pricing of interventions in healthcare.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neth Heart J
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article