Resource use and cost associated with computerized decision support system and usual care in managing patients with atrial fibrillation: analysis of IMPACT-AF randomized trial data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

IMPACT-AF is a prospective, randomized, cluster design trial comparing atrial fibrillation (AF) management with a computerized decision support system (CDS) to usual care (control) in the primary care setting of Nova Scotia, Canada. The objective of this analysis was to compare the resource use and costs between CDS and usual care groups.

Methods

Case costing data, 12-month self-administered questionnaires, and monthly diaries from IMPACT-AF were used in this analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to compare costs and resource use between groups. All costs are presented in 2021 Canadian dollars and cover the 12-month period of participation in the study.

Results

A total of 1,145 patients enrolled in the trial. Case costing data were available for 466 pa

SUBMITTER: Humphries B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585905 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature