In hospital costs of acute heart failure patients in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Central European Journal of Medicine |
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| Web | http://www.springerlink.com/content/8223655406441022/?p=b0a1defd2b8d4328b7b0d573801493de&pi=12 |
| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | Acute heart failure; Cost analysis; Health economy; Direct in-hospital costs; Czech Republic |
| Description | The study is retrospective analysis of direct costs and length of stay (LOS) in hospital in patients with acute heart failure. The mean LOS was 8.3 days and mean in-patient cost was EUR3295 (including all interventions).Total cost of cardiac catheterizations and revascularizations (50% patients) was almost a million; cost of antiarrhythmic interventions was EUR529216 (6.9% patients). Mortality during hospitalization was 14.6%. Acute heart failure is associated with poor prognosis and high costs during hospital admission; the predominant contributors of high costs are revascularization procedures (39%), stay in the intensive care unit (31%) and antiarrhythmic interventions (22%). |
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