The Healthcare Cost Burden of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Alberta, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little is known about the cost burden of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on healthcare systems. Accordingly, we examined the long-term trends of healthcare costs for AMI in the province of Alberta, Canada.

Methods

We linked five Albertan health databases, including ambulatory care, hospitalization, practitioner claims, pharmaceutical information network, and population registry to identify patients with a primary diagnosis of AMI between 2004 and 2013. We used the Alberta Interactive Health Data Application to provide unit costs for ambulatory care and inpatient services, claim paid amounts for physician services, and the Alberta Drug Benefit List for drug prices. Healthcare costs for AMI were grouped into ambulatory care, hospitalization, physician costs, and d

SUBMITTER: Tran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249191 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature