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. 2023 May 17;13:32. doi: 10.1186/s13561-023-00439-6

Table 2.

Expenditures related to stroke primary prevention

First Author
Year of publication
Country
Objectives Methods Results
Design and
GRADE LEVEL [32]
Participants Instruments Calculated stroke costs
Wodchis WP, 2011 (Canada) [30] Review and synthesize the literature on the costs of atrial fibrillation (AF)

Systematic review

1 + GRADE

115 articles FA related direct costs Direct Costs Average cost: 4750 € (1224€—15,824 €)

Cotte, 2016

(France) [31]

To investigate the annual burden of cardiovascular complications in AF

Retrospective longitudinal population-based study

2 + GRADE

533,044 AF patients Stroke related to AF hospitalizations, global burden Direct Costs Cost per patient: Hemorrhagic stroke (€12,748), ischemic stroke (€11,234), Systemic Embolism (€9087), unspecified stroke (€8108), and Transient Ischemic Attack (€3734)

López-López, 2017

(UK), [32]

To compare Direct Oral Anti-Coagulants (DOACs) with each other and with warfarin for prevention of stroke in patients with AF

Systematic review, network meta-analysis, and cost effectiveness analysis

1 + GRADE

94,656 patients with AF

23 randomized trials involving

Cost effectiveness of preferred licensed products Direct Costs Total average cost per patient/year was between €23,064 from €24,841 per patient /year

Giner-Soriano, 2020

(Spain), [33]

To analyze the use, effectiveness, safety and costs of stroke prevention in AF in patients with dabigatran or vitamin K antagonists (AVK)

Observational study of population-based cohorts

2 + GRADE

14,930 patients with AF Consumption of healthcare resources and costs associated with the management of atrial fibrillation Direct Costs

Average cost of €4075.60 in the group treated with dabigatran

Average cost of €4551.40 in the AVK group

Zhang, 2017

(EEUU) [34]

To summarize evidence on cost effectiveness of community-based interventions to control hypertension based on a review

Systematic review

1 + GRADE

64 articles

-cost-effectiveness analysis;

-cost–benefit analysis

Direct Costs

Average cost €51,5 ( €33–€94,05) for 1-mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and €11,538 ( €5513-€48,353) for 1 life-year gained

Screening interventions cost from €17,930 to €46,818 in the U.S., €505 to €4650in Australia, and €5755 to €14,850 in China

Gheorghe, 2018 (UK), [35] To Synthetize the economic burden of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and hypertension

Systematic review

1 + GRADE

83 articles Total costs for HTA treatment in each CVD Direct Costs Average costs for hypertension:€18,15 per month
Kostova, 2020 (EEUU) [36] Review and synthesize the literature on the costs of HTA

Systematic review

1 + GRADE

70 articles HTA related direct costs Direct Costs The range of the annual intervention per hypertension patient was from €5,16 for a non-drug program to €2014,2 for a Pharm program
Salvatore, 2021 (Italy)[29] To investigate the costs of cardiovascular disease in the regional health service in Italy's from 2014 to 2016

Retrospective longitudinal population-based study

2 + GRADE

98,829 patients Cardiovascular complications related to AF hospitalizations, global burden Direct Costs Atrial Fibrillation costs range from €3724,67 to €4328,88