Table 3.
Cost of health resource utilization by cardiovascular risk cohort for cases (matched patients with new cardiovascular events) and controls (matched patients without new cardiovascular events)
| Mean costs of HRU related to CV events in €, for all cohorts (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Cases | Controls | Incremental* | |
| History of major CVD cohort | ||||
| 365–1 days before new CV event | 6881 | 2219 (4722) | 1630 (4094) | 589 (5623) |
| 0–30 days after new CV event | 6881 | 6459 (5471) | 94 (469) | 6365 (5488) |
| 0–365 days after new CV event | 6881 | 9489 (8398) | 902 (2269) | 8588 (8624) |
| 366–730 days after new CV event | 4987 | 2672 (6367) | 940 (1836) | 1732 (6602) |
| 731–1095 days after new CV event | 4154 | 2384 (5157) | 1056 (2554) | 1328 (5772) |
| CHD risk equivalent cohort | ||||
| 365–1 days before new CV event | 3226 | 1489 (2314) | 1341 (7119) | 148 (7292) |
| 0–30 days after new CV event | 3226 | 6397 (5382) | 116 (875) | 6281 (5450) |
| 0–365 days after new CV event | 3226 | 9811 (9167) | 1148 (6879) | 8663 (11,482) |
| 366–730 days after new CV event | 2465 | 2835 (6072) | 1312 (5795) | 1523 (8365) |
| 731–1095 days after new CV event | 2160 | 2474 (4841) | 1460 (6305) | 1014 (8005) |
| Low/unknown risk cohort | ||||
| 365–1 days before new CV event | 2497 | 1029 (2152) | 699 (1473) | 330 (1897) |
| 0–30 days after new CV event | 2497 | 6524 (5616) | 54 (130) | 6470 (5613) |
| 0–365 days after new CV event | 2497 | 8925 (8192) | 579 (857) | 8346 (8234) |
| 366–730 days after new CV event | 2031 | 1905 (4122) | 677 (1359) | 1228 (4320) |
| 731–1095 days after new CV event | 1841 | 1771 (4256) | 725 (1819) | 1046 (4663) |
* p value <0.01 for all incremental costs