| An economic analysis of ischaemic heart disease in Switzerland. | |
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PMID: 9243143 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: Direct and indirect costs of ischaemic heart disease were assessed in Switzerland, for the period 1988-1993, in order to evaluate the economic consequences of more intensive treatment of the disease and of the decreasing mortality from ischaemic heart disease in the working population. METHODS AND RESULTS: A societal perspective was taken for a prevalence-based assessment of the direct (total resources consumed by outpatients and inpatients) and indirect (due to morbidity, invalidity, and premature death, using the human capital approach) costs. The results showed the total costs were 21 million US dollars per 100000 population in the year 1993 (47% direct, 53% indirect costs). The largest components were the direct costs of inpatient care and indirect costs due to premature death (each approximately 25% of the total). Trends showed a large increase in direct costs (+9% per year, constant dollars). Indirect costs stabilized or decreased slightly due to the reduction of work losses. CONCLUSIONS: Today's medicine and preventive measures have proven effective for ischaemic heart disease, although such remedies have required increasingly large financial resources. However, society benefits because indirect costs decrease, although this gain does not compensate for all direct costs. |
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Authors:
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M Sagmeister; U Gessner; W Oggier; B Horisberger; F Gutzwilller |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European heart journal Volume: 18 ISSN: 0195-668X ISO Abbreviation: Eur. Heart J. Publication Date: 1997 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-09-25 Completed Date: 1997-09-25 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8006263 Medline TA: Eur Heart J Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1102-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Algorithms Cost of Illness* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia / economics* Sociology Switzerland |
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