Table 4.
Summarized results of the simulations. Costs, strokes, and fatal strokes classified on the basis of the CHA2DS2-VASc score as well as the investigated group (N=30,000 patients per group per score).
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Study arm with device (75% ECGa confirmation) | Study arm with device (100% ECG confirmation) | |||||||
| CHA2DS2-VASc scoreb | Average costs per patient (in €c, whole simulation duration) | Total number of strokesd | Number of nonfatal strokes | Number of fatal strokes |
Average costs per patient (in €, whole simulation duration) | Total number of strokesd | Number of nonfatal strokes | Number of fatal strokes | |
| 1 | 1314 | 556 | 361 | 195 | 1290 | 528 | 331 | 197 | |
| 2 | 2847 | 2406 | 1585 | 821 | 2876 | 2364 | 1550 | 814 | |
| 3 | 3887 | 3395 | 2180 | 1215 | 3876 | 3339 | 2180 | 1159 | |
| 4 | 5380 | 4994 | 3204 | 1790 | 5421 | 4894 | 3154 | 1740 | |
| 5 | 7483 | 7444 | 4751 | 2693 | 7543 | 7263 | 4700 | 2563 | |
| 6 | 9427 | 9755 | 6084 | 3671 | 9508 | 9549 | 6107 | 3442 | |
| 7 | 10,646 | 11,082 | 6901 | 4181 | 10,627 | 10,703 | 6771 | 3932 | |
| 8 | 10,846 | 10,374 | 6295 | 4079 | 10,937 | 10,122 | 6301 | 3821 | |
| 9 | 12,146 | 11,449 | 6756 | 4693 | 12,463 | 11,210 | 6897 | 4313 | |
| mean | 7108 | 6828 | 4235 | 2593 | 7171 | 6664 | 4221 | 2442 | |
aECG: electrocardiography.
bCHA2DS2-VASc: Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age≥75 years, Diabetes mellitus, Stroke, Vascular disease, Age 65-74 years, Sex category (female).
c€1=US $1.12.
dTotal number of strokes includes nonfatal and fatal strokes.