Dr Ramón Luengo-Fernández (University of Oxford, UK) joins us on-site to discuss the findings from a registry which aimed to analyse the economic burden of cardiovascular disease within the EU.
This was the first study to utilise Europe-wide patient registries and included the costs of long-term social care. Results from the registry found that cardiovascular disease cost the EU €282 billion in 2021, equivalent to 2% of Europe's gross domestic product. Health and long-term care accounted for €155 billion (55%) of the costs.
Questions:
-What is the importance of this study?
-What methods were used? What were some of the challenges?
-What did you find?
-How did you measure informal care?
-How does this data compare to the cost analysis from 2006?
-What were the key findings from both a public health and economic perspective?
-In your opinion, how should policymakers use this data?
Recorded on-site at ESC Congress 2023, Amsterdam.
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