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Cost and health effects of case management compared with outpatient clinic follow‐up in a Dutch heart failure cohort

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Heart failure reduces quality of life and life expectancy; hospital admissions are frequent and create a burden on public resources. This study aims to quantify the benefits in terms of… Click to show full abstract

Heart failure reduces quality of life and life expectancy; hospital admissions are frequent and create a burden on public resources. This study aims to quantify the benefits in terms of health effects [quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs)] and costs when heart failure patients receive case management at home compared with outpatient cardiology clinic follow‐up.

Keywords: case management; heart; heart failure; compared outpatient; health effects

Journal Title: ESC Heart Failure
Year Published: 2020

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