Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008

Wieser, Simon; Rüthemann, Isabelle; De Boni, Sylvia Nadine; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Radovanovic, Dragana; Ulle, Tanja; Auerbach, Holger

doi:10.21256/zhaw-3954

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008
Authors:	Wieser, Simon Rüthemann, Isabelle De Boni, Sylvia Nadine Eichler, Klaus Pletscher, Mark Radovanovic, Dragana Ulle, Tanja Auerbach, Holger
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-3954 10.4414/smw.2012.13655
Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Volume(Issue):	142
Issue:	w13655
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag
ISSN:	1424-7860 1424-3997 0036-7672
Language:	English
Subjects:	Acute coronary syndrome; Adult; Aged; Ambulance; Efficiency; Female; Health care cost; Hospital mortality; Humans; Length of stay; Male; Middle aged; Myocardial infarction; Quality-adjusted life year; Switzerland; Young adult; Absenteeism; Cost of illness; Gesunheitsökonomie; Kosten; Akutes Koronarsyndrom; Schweiz
Subject (DDC):	338: Production 616: Internal medicine and diseases
Abstract:	Questions under Study: To perform a cost-of-illness study of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Switzerland from a societal perspective, evaluating direct costs, production losses and intangible costs in terms of Quality adjusted life years (QALYs) lost. Methods: A bottom-up incidence-based approach was used. Data concerning patients with one or more ACS events were extracted from a national hospital database and from mortality statistics. Inpatient costs included acute care and rehabilitation. Outpatient costs included costs for ambulance, visits to GP and cardiologist, outpatient diagnostics, medication and rehabilitation. Production losses included absenteeism, permanent disability and premature death. Intangible costs were calculated on previously published QALY weights. Cost data were derived from official price lists, literature and experts. Future costs and QALYs lost were discounted. Results: In 2008 14,955 patients experienced a total of 16,815 ACS events; 2,752 died as a consequence of these. The resulting 19,064 hospital stays had an average acrosshospital length of stay of 9.1 days per patient. Total direct costs of ACS amounted to 630 Mio Swiss Francs (CHF) for society and CHF 462 Mio for health insurers. Total direct costs were dominated by costs of myocardial infarction: ST-elevation 45.8%, non-ST-elevation 35.8%. Production losses were CHF 519 Mio and intangible costs resulted in 49,878 QALYs lost. Conclusions: ACS causes considerable costs in terms of direct medical expenditures, lost production, suffering and premature death, even without taking into account costs for its chronic consequences such as congestive heart failure.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9867
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Winterthur Institute of Health Economics (WIG)
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Wieser, S., Rüthemann, I., De Boni, S. N., Eichler, K., Pletscher, M., Radovanovic, D., Ulle, T., & Auerbach, H. (2012). Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008. Swiss Medical Weekly, 142(w13655). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3954

Wieser, S. et al. (2012) ‘Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008’, Swiss Medical Weekly, 142(w13655). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3954.

S. Wieser et al., “Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008,” Swiss Medical Weekly, vol. 142, no. w13655, 2012, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3954.

WIESER, Simon, Isabelle RÜTHEMANN, Sylvia Nadine DE BONI, Klaus EICHLER, Mark PLETSCHER, Dragana RADOVANOVIC, Tanja ULLE und Holger AUERBACH, 2012. Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008. Swiss Medical Weekly. 2012. Bd. 142, Nr. w13655. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3954

Wieser, Simon, Isabelle Rüthemann, Sylvia Nadine De Boni, Klaus Eichler, Mark Pletscher, Dragana Radovanovic, Tanja Ulle, and Holger Auerbach. 2012. “Cost of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Switzerland in 2008.” Swiss Medical Weekly 142 (w13655). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3954.

Wieser, Simon, et al. “Cost of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Switzerland in 2008.” Swiss Medical Weekly, vol. 142, no. w13655, 2012, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3954.