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. 2016 Jan 20;2(2):125–140. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcw003

Table A5.

Total cardiovascular disease-related healthcare costs

Coefficient (£) Standard error Lower 95% CI (£) Upper 95% CI (£)
Background cost per 90 days
 Baseline (for a man aged 69 with stable angina and no other co-morbidities) 224 7.74 209 239
 Baseline age (centred) 6 0.32 6 7
 Female −23 7.65 −38 −8
 Increase per 90 days 7 0.15 6 7
 SCAD diagnosis (relative to stable angina)
  Other CHD 2 9.39 −16 21
  NSTEMI 145 13.66 119 172
  STEMI 29 15.77 −2 60
  Unstable angina 125 11.32 103 147
 CVD co-morbidities
  History of heart failure 248 9.29 230 266
  History of atrial fibrillation 221 10.90 199 242
  History of PAD 242 13.53 216 269
 Non-CVD co-morbidities
  Diabetes 194 10.43 173 214
  History of liver disease 279 38.68 203 355
  History of COPD 142 8.79 124 159
  History of cancer 154 13.34 128 180
  History of renal disease 418 16.07 386 449
Incremental cost of non-fatal MI
 Cost in first 90-day period 4854 29.55 4796 4911
 Cost in second 90-day period 1209 31.64 1147 1271
 Cost in third 90-day period 640 33.63 574 706
 Cost in fourth 90-day period 675 35.08 606 744
 Cost in subsequent 90-day periods 481 15.64 451 512
Additional incremental cost of non-fatal MI for patients with diabetes
 Additional cost in first 90-day period 674 65.05 546 801
 Cost in second 90-day period 1042 70.02 904 1179
 Cost in third 90-day period 660 74.71 514 807
 Cost in fourth 90-day period 403 78.04 250 556
 Cost in subsequent 90-day periods 280 35.33 210 349
Incremental cost of non-fatal ischaemic stroke
 Cost in first 90-day period 5957 30.95 5897 6018
 Cost in second 90-day period 1151 32.69 1087 1215
 Cost in third 90-day period 675 35.29 606 744
 Cost in fourth 90-day period 539 37.08 466 612
 Cost in subsequent 90-day periods 448 16.86 415 481
Incremental cost of non-fatal haemorrhagic stroke
 Cost in first 90-day period 6836 107.73 6625 7047
 Cost in second 90-day period 1517 119.28 1284 1751
 Cost in third 90-day period 585 133.45 324 847
 Cost in fourth 90-day period 393 142.02 115 671
 Cost in subsequent 90-day periods 670 62.69 547 792
Cost of fatal events
 Fatal CVD event 2071 21.30 2029 2113
 Fatal non-CVD event 1737 17.28 1703 1771