PMID- 27515102
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181010
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2149-2271 (Electronic)
IS  - 2149-2263 (Print)
IS  - 2149-2263 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 8
DP  - 2016 Aug
TI  - Cost of heart failure management in Turkey: results of a Delphi Panel.
PG  - 554-62
LID - 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6999 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To analyze health-related cost of heart failure (HF) and to evaluate 
      health-related source utilization aiming to provide data on the economic burden 
      of HF in actual clinical practice in Turkey. METHODS: The study used the Delphi 
      process of seeking expert consensus of opinion including 11 cardiologists who are 
      experienced in HF. The standardized questionnaire comprised items to reflect the 
      opinion of the expert panelists on the distribution of the HF patients in terms 
      of demographic and clinical characteristics and background disease states. Costs 
      related to out-patient follow-up, in-patient follow-up, medications, and other 
      therapies were also evaluated. RESULTS: 34.1% of the HF patients were in the age 
      range of 60-69 years, and 62.3% were males. Coronary heart disease was the 
      leading cause of HF (59.6%); 63.6% of the HF patients had reduced ejection 
      fraction (rEF) and 42.3% were in New York Heart Association (NYHA)-II class. 
      Approximately 75 % of the patients were followed up by a cardiology unit. The 
      total annual visit number was estimated as 3.41. Approximately 32% of HF patients 
      were hospitalized 1.64 times a year, for an average of 6.77 days each time. The 
      total annual costs of all HF patients and HF-rEF patients were estimated as 1.537 
      TL and as 2.141 TL, respectively. CONCLUSION: The analysis demonstrating the 
      magnitude of the economic impact of HF management on Turkey's healthcare system 
      may help facilitate health and social policy interventions to improve the 
      prevention and treatment of HF.
FAU - Aras, Dursun
AU  - Aras D
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabuk University; 
      Zonguldak-Turkey.
FAU - Aydogdu, Sinan
AU  - Aydogdu S
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabuk University; 
      Zonguldak-Turkey.
FAU - Bozkurt, Engin
AU  - Bozkurt E
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University; 
      Ankara-Turkey.
FAU - Cavusoglu, Yuksel
AU  - Cavusoglu Y
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University; 
      Eskisehir-Turkey.
FAU - Eren, Mehmet
AU  - Eren M
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular Surgery Training and 
      Research Hospital; Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Erol, Cetin
AU  - Erol C
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University; Ankara-Turkey.
FAU - Gulec, Sadi
AU  - Gulec S
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University; Ankara-Turkey.
FAU - Kizilirmak, Pinar
AU  - Kizilirmak P
AD  - Medical Department, Novartis; Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Ongen, Zeki
AU  - Ongen Z
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; 
      Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Ozdemir, Oktay
AU  - Ozdemir O
AD  - Department of Statistics, Yorum Consulting Ltd.; Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Saylan, Mete
AU  - Saylan M
AD  - Medical Department, Novartis; Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Tokgozoglu, Lale
AU  - Tokgozoglu L
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University; 
      Ankara-Turkey.
FAU - Yeter, Ekrem
AU  - Yeter E
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University; 
      Ankara-Turkey.
FAU - Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan
AU  - Yilmaz MB
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University; 
      Sivas-Turkey. mehmet.birhan.yilmaz@tkd.org.tr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Turkey
TA  - Anatol J Cardiol
JT  - Anatolian journal of cardiology
JID - 101652981
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Health Care Costs
MH  - Heart Failure/*economics/therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Turkey
PMC - PMC5368510
COIS- Conflict of interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2016/08/16 06:00
MHDA- 2018/10/12 06:00
PMCR- 2016/08/01
CRDT- 2016/08/13 06:00
PHST- 2016/08/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/10/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - AJC-16-554 [pii]
AID - 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6999 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Anatol J Cardiol. 2016 Aug;16(8):554-62. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6999.