Long-term cost-utility analysis of remote monitoring of older patients with pacemakers: the PONIENTE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cost-effectiveness studies on pacemakers have increased in the last years. However the number of long-term cost-utility studies is limited. The objective of this study was to perform a cost-utility analysis comparing remote monitoring (RM) versus conventional monitoring (CM) in hospital of older patients with pacemakers, 5 years after implant.

Methods

Under a controlled, not randomized, nor masked clinical trial, 83 patients with pacemakers were initially selected. After five years of follow-up, a total of 55 patients (CM = 34; RM = 21) completed the study. A cost-utility analysis of RM in terms of costs per gained quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) was conducted. The costs from the Public Health System (PHS) as well as patients and their relatives were taken int

SUBMITTER: Bautista-Mesa RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670660 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature