Economic Analysis of the CADScor System for Ruling Out Coronary Artery Disease in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart and circulatory disease and is the leading cause of death worldwide. The current diagnostic pathway can lead to patient complications and is also extremely costly. A new medical device, the CADScor System (Acarix AB), was developed for the acoustic detection of CAD before patients undergo invasive diagnostic procedures.

Objectives

Our objective was to assess the cost utility of the CADScor System for the diagnosis of CAD at an early stage in the diagnostic testing pathway in England.

Methods

A two-part economic model, consisting of a decision tree and Markov model, was developed to consider the cost utility (cost per quality-adjusted life-year [QALY] gained) of introducing the CADScor System for

SUBMITTER: Javanbakht M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807776 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature