dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-13T13:57:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-13T13:57:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2058-1742 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/60071 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aims: Data on long-term healthcare costs of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) is limited, and the aim of this study was to investigate healthcare costs for PAD patients at a nationwide level.
Methods and results: A cohort study including all incident patients diagnosed with PAD in the Swedish National Patient Register between 2006-2014, and linked to cause of death- and prescribed drug registers. Mean per-patient annual healthcare costs (2015 Euros [€]) (hospitalisations and out-patient visits) were divided into cardiovascular (CV), lower limb and non-CV related cost. Results were stratified by high and low CV risk. The study included 66,189 patients, with 221,953 observation-years. Mean total healthcare costs were €6,577, of which 26% was CV-related (€1,710), during the year prior to the PAD diagnosis. First year after PAD diagnosis, healthcare costs were €12,549, of which €3,824 (30%) was CV-related and €3,201 (26%) lower limb related. Highrisk CV patients had a higher annual total healthcare and CV related costs compared to low risk CV patients during follow-up €7,439 and €1,442 versus €4,063 and €838). Annual lower limb procedure costs were €728 in the PAD population, with lower limb revascularisations as key cost driver (€474).
Conclusion: Non-CV related hospitalizations and outpatient visits were the largest cost contributors for PAD patients. There is a substantial increase in healthcare costs in the first year after being diagnosed with PAD, driven by PAD follow-up and lower limb related procedures. Among the CV-related costs, hospitalisations and outpatient visits related to PAD represented the largest costs.
Keywords Nationwide register data • peripheral artery disease • healthcare resource use • healthcare costs | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Lars Pål Hasvold (2018) Cardiovascular Disease and the Use of Swedish Health Care Registries and Electronic Medical Data From Primary Care: Disease Reality, Risk Factors, Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes. Doctoral thesis http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-62743 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-62743 | |
dc.rights | Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Long-term cardiovascular outcome, use of resources, and healthcare costs in patients with peripheral artery disease: results from a nationwide Swedish study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.creator.author | Hasvold, Pål | |
dc.creator.author | Nordanstig, Joakim | |
dc.creator.author | Kragsterman, Björn | |
dc.creator.author | Kristensen, Thomas | |
dc.creator.author | Falkenberg, Mårten | |
dc.creator.author | Johansson, Saga | |
dc.creator.author | Thuresson, Marcus | |
dc.creator.author | Sigvant, Birgitta | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1592886 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | European Heart Journal - Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes | |
dc.identifier.volume | 4 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 10 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 17 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcx028 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-62722 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/60071/1/qcx028.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |