Key result
Hospital admission costs for patients with heart disease increased from $17,711 in the sixth year prior to death to $26,658 in the second last year prior to death.
Why the study?
People living with heart disease are at elevated risk of hospitalization during the last years of life, motivating an assessment of hospitalization patterns and associated costs.
Cohort (n=1,000)
Healthcare utilization and costs for patients with heart disease increase significantly in the last years of life, primarily driven by higher treatment costs per hospital admission at the end of life.
Informs end-of-life resource planning in heart disease; leaves open whether interventions can reduce rising hospitalization costs.
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Kularatna et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Heart disease (n=1,000). Heart disease was evaluated on Cost of hospital admissions and emergency department presentations in the last 6 years before death. Hospital admission costs for patients with heart disease increased from $17,711 in the sixth year prior to death to $26,658 in the second last year prior to death.
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