Journal
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
Volume 27, Issue 11, Pages 1395-1403Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12738
Keywords
Coronary heart disease; cost-effectiveness; exercise training; rehabilitation
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- Academy of Finland
- Organisation for Respiratory Health in Finland
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Health care decision-making requires evidence of the cost-effectiveness of medical therapies. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) implemented according to guidelines. All the patients (n = 204) had experienced a recent acute coronary syndrome and were randomized to a 1-year ECR (n = 109) or usual care (UC) group (n = 95). The patients' health-related quality of life was followed using the 15D instrument and health care costs were collected from electronic health registries. The cost-effectiveness of ECR was estimated based on intervention and health care costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained. The total average cost per patient was lower in ECR than in UC. The incremental cost was divided by the baseline-adjusted incremental QALYs (0.045), yielding an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of -(sic)24511/QALYs. A combined endpoint of mortality, recurrent coronary event, or hospitalization for a heart failure occurred for five patients in ECR and 16 patients in UC (HR 3.9, 95% CI 1.4-10.6, P = 0.004, relative risk reduction 73%, number needed to treat eight). ECR is a dominant treatment option and decreases the occurrence of adverse cardiac events. These results are useful for decision-making when planning optimal utilization of resources in Finnish health care.
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