Estimation of total incremental health care costs in patients with atrial fibrillation in the united states

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Kim, Michael H ^a   Johnston, Stephen S ^b   Chu, Bong Chul ^b   Dalal, Mehul R ^c   Schulman, Kathy L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Healthcare Division   (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Health care costs; Incremental costs; National cost burden

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959736442     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958165     Document Type: Article

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