A telemonitoring programme in patients with heart failure in France: a cost-utility analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Certain telemedicine programmes for heart failure (HF) have been shown to reduce all-cause mortality and heart failure-related hospitalisations, but their cost-effectiveness remains controversial. The SCAD programme is a home-based interactive telemonitoring service for HF, which is one of the largest and longest-running telemonitoring programmes for HF in France. The objective of this cost-utility analysis was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the SCAD programme with respect to standard hospital-based care in patients with HF.

Methods

A Markov model simulating hospitalisations and mortality in patients with HF was constructed to estimate outcomes and costs. The model included six distinct health states (three 'not hospitalised' states, two 'hospitalisation fo

SUBMITTER: Caillon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549824 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature