Cost-effectiveness of anatomical and functional test strategies for stable chest pain: public health perspective from a middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this research is to evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of functional and anatomical strategies for diagnosing stable coronary artery disease (CAD), using exercise (Ex)-ECG, stress echocardiogram (ECHO), single-photon emission CT (SPECT), coronary CT angiography (CTA) or stress cardiacmagnetic resonance (C-MRI).

Setting

Decision-analytical model, comparing strategies of sequential tests for evaluating patients with possible stable angina in low, intermediate and high pretest probability of CAD, from the perspective of a developing nation's public healthcare system.

Participants

Hypothetical cohort of patients with pretest probability of CAD between 20% and 70%.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome is cost per cor

SUBMITTER: Bertoldi EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623398 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature