Filtered By:
Specialty: Health Management
Condition: Heart Attack

This page shows you your search results in order of relevance.

Order by Relevance | Date

Total 121 results found since Jan 2013.

The effect of a national quality improvement collaborative on prehospital care for acute myocardial infarction and stroke in England
Conclusions: This first national prehospital QIC led to significant improvements in ambulance care for AMI and stroke in England. The use of care bundles as measures, clinical engagement, application of quality improvement methods, provider prompts, individualized feedback and opportunities for learning and interaction within and across organizations helped the collaborative to achieve its aims.
Source: Implementation Science - January 23, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Aloysius SiriwardenaDeborah ShawNadya EssamFiona TogherZowie DavyAnne SpaightMichael Dewey Source Type: research

Stroke and death-findings from a 25-year follow-up of a cohort of employed Swedish middle-aged men of the Coeur study
ConclusionFew of the traditional risk factors were significantly associated with stroke possibly explained by low power and/or different pathogenetic mechanism than for myocardial infarction.Partly because death occurred more often, we did find a number of potential risk factors to be significantly associated with this outcome.
Source: Journal of Public Health - November 5, 2021 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Cost-effectiveness analysis of apixaban compared to other direct oral anticoagulants for prevention of stroke in Austrian atrial fibrillation patients.
CONCLUSION: In patients with AF and an increased risk of stroke, prophylaxis with apixaban was highly cost-effective from the perspective of the Austrian health care system. PMID: 32700584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - July 24, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res Source Type: research

Risk of Nursing Home Admission After Femoral Fracture Compared With Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
To analyze the burden of institutionalizations after femoral fracture and compare it with other “catastrophic” disease entities like stroke, myocardial infarction, or pneumonia.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - July 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Kilian Rapp, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Jay Magaziner, Clemens Becker, Petra Benzinger, Hans-Helmut König, Andrea Jaensch, Gisela Büchele Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

FDA Issues New Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Warnings for NSAIDs
The Food and Drug Administration has taken new action to strengthen existing warning labels about the increased risk of heart attack or stroke with the use of prescription and over-the-counter nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Source: Caring for the Ages - August 29, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Jeff Evans Source Type: news

Use of Medicare Claims Data for the Identification of Myocardial Infarction: The Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study
Conclusions: Medicare claims have a high PPV but low sensitivity for identifying MI and can be used to investigate individual-level characteristics associated with MI.
Source: Medical Care - November 14, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Stroke awareness: Everything you should know (video)
Millions of Americans experience high blood pressure (hypertension) every year — and surprisingly, many don’t even know they have the condition. Because high blood pressure raises your risk for heart attack or stroke, not knowing your blood pressure is elevated can put your life at risk. Do you know your numbers? If not, it’s important to talk with your primary care do ctor about your blood pressure at your next appointment. A better understanding of your numbers and potential risk for hypertension…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - July 6, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: AdventHealth Source Type: news

Healthcare resource utilization and costs of cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Germany - results of a claims database study
CONCLUSION: CV events in ASCVD patients pose a considerable clinical burden on patients and cause significant costs for the German statutory healthcare system.PMID:36330899 | DOI:10.1080/13696998.2022.2141964
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - November 4, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Eduard Sidelnikov Eugen Dornstauder Christian Jacob Christopher Maas Lionel Pinto Reiner Leidl Ingo Ahrens Source Type: research

Effect of Hospital Closures on Acute Care Outcomes in British Columbia, Canada: An Interrupted Time Series Study
Conclusions: Hospital closures did not affect patient mortality.
Source: Medical Care - December 10, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Using Phase-Based Costing of Real-World Data to Inform Decision–Analytic Models for Atrial Fibrillation
Conclusions Real-world Canadian data and a phase-based costing approach were used to estimate short- and long-term costs associated with AF-related major clinical events. The results of this study can also inform decision–analytic models for AF.
Source: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy - February 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Primary care diabetes bundle management: 3-year outcomes for microvascular and macrovascular events.
Conclusions A system of care with an all-or-none bundled measure used in primary care for patients with diabetes may reduce the risk of MI, stroke, and retinopathy over a 3-year period. PMID: 25180500 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - September 6, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Bloom FJ, Yan X, Stewart WF, Graf TR, Anderer T, Davis DE, Pierdon SB, Pitcavage J, Steele GD Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

Costs of treating cardiovascular events in Germany: a systematic literature review
Conclusion: MI, unstable angina, HF, stroke and PAD have a high financial impact on the German health care system. Treatment costs of these diseases are mostly incurred during the acute phase of events and tend to decrease over time. Hospitalization and rehabilitation costs were two major cost drivers. Medication costs was one of the smallest cost component reported.
Source: Health Economics Review - September 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Tamara Schmid Source Type: research