Cost-effectiveness of a photopethysmographic procedure for screening for atrial fibrillation in 6 European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strokes cause an estimated annual health care burden of 170 billion euros across Europe. Atrial fibrillation is one of the major risk factors for stroke and increases the individual risk 4.2-fold. But prevention with anticoagulants may reduce this risk by 70%. Screening methods are employed to detect previously undetected atrial fibrillation. Screening studies in various European countries show a high degree of undetected atrial fibrillation. This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of systematic screening with a smartphone application, named Preventicus Heartbeats. It is a hands-on screening tool for use on smartphone to diagnose AF with high sensitivity and specificity.

Methods

A previously published model for calculating screening cost-effectiveness was

SUBMITTER: Wahler S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882287 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature