The economic benefits of reducing cardiovascular disease mortality in Quebec, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assess how different scenarios of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, aimed at meeting targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2025), may impact healthcare spending in Quebec, Canada over the 2050 horizon.

Methods

We provide long-term forecasts of healthcare use and costs at the Quebec population level using a novel dynamic microsimulation model. Using both survey and administrative data, we simulate the evolution of the Quebec population's health status until death, through a series of dynamic transitions that accounts for social and demographic characteristics associated with CVD risk factors.

Results

A 25% reduction in CVD mortality between 2012 and 2025 achieved through decreased incidence could contain the pace of healthcare cost

SUBMITTER: Boisclair D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5754059 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature