ASSESSING THE HEALTH CARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND ECONOMIC BURDEN AMONG U.S. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PATIENTS IN THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION POPULATION
Author(s)
Mao X1, Shrestha S2, Baser O3, Wang L2
1University of Texas at Dallas and STATinMED Research, Plano, TX, USA, 2STATinMED Research, Plano, TX, USA, 3STATinMED Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
OBJECTIVES: To assess health care resource utilization and costs among U.S. patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (CVD) using the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) dataset. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with CVD or who underwent CVD-related procedures were identified (International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM] diagnosis codes RESULTS: After risk-adjusted analysis using PSM, 536,125 patients in each group were matched. More CVD patients had inpatient admissions (14.40% vs. 1.43%, p<0.0001) and emergency room (14.89% vs. 3.66%, p<0.0001), outpatient office (60.90% vs. 47.19%, p<0.0001), outpatient (61.35% vs. 47.99%, p<0.0001) and pharmacy visits (64.41% vs. 54.89%, p<0.0001) compared to those without CVD. CVD patients also incurred higher costs. Costs were significantly higher for CVD patients than for those without CVD ($
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-05, ISPOR 2015, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 3 (May 2015)
Code
PCV113
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
Disease
Cardiovascular Disorders