The social return on investment of a new approach to heart failure in the Spanish National Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aim to agree on a set of proposals to improve the current management of heart failure (HF) within the Spanish National Health System (SNHS) and apply the social return on investment (SROI) method to measure the social impact that these proposals would generate.

Methods and results

A multidisciplinary working team of 16 experts was set up, with representation from the main stakeholders regarding HF: medical specialists (cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, general practitioners, and geriatric physicians), nursing professionals, health management professionals, patients, and informal caregivers. This team established a set of proposals to improve the management of HF according to the main areas of HF care: emergency and hospitalization, primary care, cardiology

SUBMITTER: Merino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature