The Current and Future Hospitalization Cost Burden of Syncope in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Single-center studies have shown the high costs associated with the hospital evaluation of syncope. National cost estimates for syncope-related hospitalizations are sparse, and none exist in Canada.

Methods

The Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database was used to identify acute care hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of syncope between fiscal years (FY) 2004 and 2015 in all provinces and territories (except Quebec). We used multiple linear regression to calculate the trends in prevalence of hospital admissions and generalized linear regression to estimate the costs of a hospitalization. The syncope hospitalization rate and the cost per hospitalization in Quebec were assumed to be the average of the rest of the country. The futur

SUBMITTER: Tran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365814 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature