• DOI:10.1007/s41669-021-00257-8
Corpus ID: 231682856

The Healthcare Cost Burden in Adults with High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

@article{Tran2021TheHC,
  title={The Healthcare Cost Burden in Adults with High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease},
  author={D. Tran and Dan Palfrey and R. Welsh},
  journal={PharmacoEconomics - Open},
  year={2021},
  pages={1 - 11}
}

D. Tran, Dan Palfrey, R. Welsh

Published 2021

Medicine

PharmacoEconomics - Open

We calculated the short- and long-term care resource use and costs in adults with high-risk conditions for cardiovascular disease (HRCVD) as defined by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society dyslipidemia guidelines. We linked Alberta health databases to identify patients aged ≥ 18 years with HRCVD between fiscal year (FY) 2012 and FY2016. The first HRCVD event was the index event. Patients were categorized into (1) primary prevention patients and (2) secondary prevention patients at the index… CONTINUE READING

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