HSC 3211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Communication, Cardiovascular Disease
Document Summary
Compare cost of intervention to benefits using the same units (monetary) Cost of research/equipment/ personnel/substances needed for proposed intervention as compared to cost of hospital visits loss if no preventive intervention is made. Determine whether money is saved over the long term. Compare different prposed interventions using most appropriate units. Use no intervention as the control: cost utility analysis/ cost effectiveness ration, cost to qaly ratio. Results in cost-saving, favorable or unfavorable outcomes. Difficult to obtain due to ethical issues of such studies- limited to animal and observational studies. High cost of clinical research- most funds come from pharmaceutical companies. Long period between preventive intervention and detectable outcomes of intervention. Direct- actual costs of treating and preventing illness and complications/sequelae. Illness that persists over a prolonged period of time. Leading cause of death and disability around the world. 75% of total healthcare cost: cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, obesity, cancer, smoking, alcohol. Highly dependent on patient compliance and adherence.
