Direct medical costs of cardiovascular diseases: Do cost components vary according to sex and age?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim was to estimate direct medical costs of men and women patients by age group related to cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, strokes) in the province of Quebec, Canada from the economic perspective of the healthcare public system, encompassing five cost components: physician fees, hospitalization (hospital stay, intensive care stay), emergency visits and medication costs.

Methods

This matched case-control study involved secondary data from a longitudinal cohort study (1997-2018) of 4584 white-collar workers. Participants were followed for a four-year period. We used an incremental cost method of difference-in-difference. Descriptive analyses using frequency counts, arithmetic means, standardized differences, chi-squared tests, and Student's T-te

SUBMITTER: Gilbert-Ouimet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466411 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature