Economic burden of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a matched case-control study in more than 450,000 Swedish individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine direct and indirect costs, early retirement, cardiovascular events and mortality over 5 years in people with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and matched controls in Sweden.

Methods

Individuals aged ≥ 16 years living in Sweden on 01 January 2012 were identified in an existing database. Individuals with ASCVD were propensity score matched to controls without ASCVD by age, sex and educational status. We compared direct healthcare costs (inpatient, outpatient and drug costs), indirect costs (resulting from work absence) and the risk of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) and early retirement.

Results

After matching, there were 231,417 individuals in each cohort. Total mean per-person annual costs were over 2.5 times higher in the ASCVD group v

SUBMITTER: Steen Carlsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540350 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature