• DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.04.011
Corpus ID: 31602344

Improved Adherence to a Stepped-care Model Reduces Costs of Intermittent Claudication Treatment in The Netherlands.

@article{Hageman2017ImprovedAT,
  title={Improved Adherence to a Stepped-care Model Reduces Costs of Intermittent Claudication Treatment in The Netherlands.},
  author={D. Hageman and H. J. Fokkenrood and P. P. M. Essers and M. Koelemay and J. Breek and A. Vahl and M. Scheltinga and J. Teijink},
  journal={European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery},
  year={2017},
  volume={54 1},
  pages={
          51-57
        }
}

• D. Hageman, H. J. Fokkenrood, +5 authors J. Teijink
• Published 2017
• Medicine
• European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery

OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND A previous budget impact analysis regarding a supervised exercise therapy (SET) first treatment strategy (stepped care model [SCM]) for Dutch patients with intermittent claudication (IC) showed a low referral rate in 2009, despite solid evidence of the effectiveness of SET programs. Recently, several campaigns have stimulated stakeholders in the field to adopt a SET first strategy in patients with IC. The aim of the present study was to reassess SCM adherence after a 2 year… Expand

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