Variaciones en la prevención del riesgo cardiovascular: estudio poblacional

Abstract

Preventive practices should be increased among groups in which they are less frequently performed until they are performed with the same frequency as among physicians and nurses. Efforts should be directed to increasing cardiovascular prevention programs in health centers.

Economic Evaluation of Cardio inCode®, a Clinical-Genetic Function for Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment

“…Another strength is that all of the costs used in the study were taken from Spanish sources [ 36 – 38 ]. In particular, the costs associated with the CHD risk states were obtained from a Spanish cross-sectional study using a retrospective review of the medical records of 12,828 patients followed up as outpatients in seven primary care centers [ 36 ].…”

“…The cost per determination of CHD risk with Cardio inCode ® (€400) was provided by Ferrer inCode. To calculate the cost of one determination with the standard method, the following use of resources was assumed [ 37 , 38 ]: (1) two consultations with a primary care physician (one to request the laboratory tests and another to inform the patient of the test results) [€34.24 each consultation]; (2) one determination in blood of total cholesterol (€11.23), HDL cholesterol (€14.88) and glucose (€10.02); and (3) one visit to the health center nurse to take blood pressure (€19.73). In the case of patients evaluated with Cardio inCode ® , the costs also incurred as a result of the determination with the standard method were considered.…”