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Drivers of healthcare costs in patients with ischaemic stroke: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study
Conclusion The number of admitted days was the most important driver of costs in all subgroups of patients with ischaemic stroke. This implicates that to reduce healthcare costs for patients who had a stroke, focus should be on reducing length of hospital stay.
Source: BMJ Open - January 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mensing, L. A., Kappelle, L. J., Koffijberg, H., Ruigrok, Y. M. Tags: Open access, Neurology Source Type: research

Hypertension in the South African public healthcare system: a cost-of-illness and burden of disease study
Conclusion Hypertension exerts a heavy health and economic burden on South Africa. Establishing cost-effective best practice guidelines for hypertension treatment requires further research. Such research will be essential if South Africa is to make progress in its efforts to implement universal healthcare.
Source: BMJ Open - February 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kohli-Lynch, C. N., Erzse, A., Rayner, B., Hofman, K. J. Tags: Open access, Health economics Source Type: research

Prospective randomised trial examining the impact of an educational intervention versus usual care on anticoagulation therapy control based on an SAMe-TT2R2 score-guided strategy in anticoagulant-naïve Thai patients with atrial fibrillation (TREATS-AF): a study protocol
Introduction The burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Thailand is high and associated with increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Vitamin K antagonists (eg, warfarin), commonly used for stroke prevention in patients with AF in Thailand, are effective but are often suboptimally controlled. We aim to evaluate the impact of an SAMe-TT2R2 score-guided strategy and educational intervention compared to usual care on anticoagulation control expressed by the time in therapeutic range (TTR) at 12 months, in anticoagulant-naïve Thai patients with AF. Methods and analysis Multicentre, open-label, parallel-grou...
Source: BMJ Open - October 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Phrommintikul, A., Nathisuwan, S., Gunaparn, S., Krittayaphong, R., Wongcharoen, W., Sehmi, S., Mehta, S., Winkles, N., Brocklehurst, P., Mathers, J., Jowett, S., Jolly, K., Lane, D., Thomas, G. N., Lip, G. Y. H., TREATS-AF Study Group, Prasertwitayakij, Tags: Open access, Medical management Source Type: research

Overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: an estimation of costs
Conclusions The costs are substantial, and urgent public health action is required in Ireland to address the problem of increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, which if left unchecked will lead to unsustainable cost escalation within the health service and unacceptable societal costs.
Source: BMJ Open - March 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dee, A., Callinan, A., Doherty, E., O'Neill, C., McVeigh, T., Sweeney, M. R., Staines, A., Kearns, K., Fitzgerald, S., Sharp, L., Kee, F., Hughes, J., Balanda, K., Perry, I. J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Health economics Research Source Type: research