Cardiovascular Health Care Economics (Contemporary Cardiology)

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages xiii-xiii
Nonfederal US Hospital Costs....Pages 1-14
Estimating the Costs of Cardiac Care Provided by the Hospitals of the US Department of Veterans Affairs....Pages 15-29
Estimating the Costs of Health Care Resources in Canada....Pages 31-44
US Physician Costs....Pages 45-62
Indirect Health Care Costs....Pages 63-79
Health Status Assessment....Pages 81-99
Utility Assessment....Pages 101-110
Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis....Pages 111-121
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Alongside Clinical Trials....Pages 123-156
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Costs of Care and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis....Pages 157-172
Economics of Therapy for Acute Coronary Syndromes....Pages 173-185
Cost-Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions....Pages 187-221
Economic Comparisons of Coronary Angioplasty and Coronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 223-232
Costs of Coronary Artery Surgery and Cost-Effectiveness of CABG vs Medicine....Pages 233-248
Costs of Care and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis....Pages 249-258
Congestive Heart Failure....Pages 259-283
Current Economic Evidence Using Noninvasive Cardiac Testing....Pages 285-301
Cost-Effective Care in the Management of Conduction Disease and Arrhythmias....Pages 303-328
Comparing Cost-Utility Analyses in Cardiovascular Medicine....Pages 329-356
Beyond Heart Disease....Pages 357-363
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Using Economic Studies for Policy Purposes....Pages 365-387
Medicare, the Aging of America, and the Balanced Budget....Pages 389-416
Afterword....Pages 417-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-436