Treating patients with atrial fibrillation costs the U.S. an estimated $26 billion more per year than treating patients who don't have the condition, researchers reported after extrapolating 2008 data for 2010.Medical News: Healthcare Costlier All Around for Afib Patients - in Clinical Context, Strokes from MedPage Today
Total direct medical costs were estimated to be 73% higher in atrial fibrillation patients than in matched control subjects, representing a net incremental cost of $8,705 per patient per year, according to Michael H. Kim, MD, from Northwestern University in Chicago, and colleagues.
The estimated annual cost included $6 billion related directly to atrial fibrillation, $9.9 billion for cardiovascular risk factors or disease, and $10.1 billion for noncardiovascular medical problems, according to the study published online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Healthcare Costlier All Around for Afib Patients - in Clinical Context, Strokes from MedPage Today
I had no idea that A-fib was so expensive! Atrial fibrillation patients are generally sicker than those who don't have atrial fibrillation which apparently accounts for the higher costs. According to this article
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I sat across the table from a trauma surgeon at a recent Medical conference. As we chatted he mentioned that there is a huge problem with all the seniors taking coumadin for AF. They accidentally fall down and get a little knock on the head and that turns into a full blown brain bleed. As an ER/trauma doc he sees this all the time. He thinks coumadin is over-prescribed. But I hope you are not saying the government should get more involved in this. The gov. should stay out of health decisions including women's reproductive rights.
Oh, so you're not a fan of Obamacare either?
"reproductive rights" aka killing a baby
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