Health care delivery, economics and global health care
Prehospital and in-hospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry Lieven Annemans,1 Nicolas Danchin,2 Frans Van de Werf,3 Stuart Pocock,4 Muriel Licour,5 Jesús Medina,6 Héctor Bueno7,8,9 To cite: Annemans L, Danchin N, Van de Werf F, et al. Prehospital and inhospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry. Open Heart 2016;3:e000347. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2015000347
▸ Additional material is available. To view please visit the journal (http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1136/openhrt-2015000347). Received 1 October 2015 Revised 22 December 2015 Accepted 24 January 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this report is to provide insight into real-world healthcare resource use (HCRU) during the critical management of patients surviving acute coronary syndromes (ACS), using data from EPICOR (long-tErm follow-up of antithrombotic management Patterns In acute CORonary syndrome patients) (NCT01171404). Methods: EPICOR was a prospective, multinational, observational study that enrolled 10 568 ACS survivors from 555 hospitals in 20 countries in Europe and Latin America, between September 2010 and March 2011. HCRU was evaluated in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-STsegment elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), with or without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Multivariable analysis was performed to determine factors that affected resource use. Results: Before hospitalisation, more patients with STEMI than with NSTE-ACS had their first ECG (44.1% vs 36.4%, p
Prehospital and in-hospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry Lieven Annemans,1 Nicolas Danchin,2 Frans Van de Werf,3 Stuart Pocock,4 Muriel Licour,5 Jesús Medina,6 Héctor Bueno7,8,9 To cite: Annemans L, Danchin N, Van de Werf F, et al. Prehospital and inhospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry. Open Heart 2016;3:e000347. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2015000347
▸ Additional material is available. To view please visit the journal (http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1136/openhrt-2015000347). Received 1 October 2015 Revised 22 December 2015 Accepted 24 January 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this report is to provide insight into real-world healthcare resource use (HCRU) during the critical management of patients surviving acute coronary syndromes (ACS), using data from EPICOR (long-tErm follow-up of antithrombotic management Patterns In acute CORonary syndrome patients) (NCT01171404). Methods: EPICOR was a prospective, multinational, observational study that enrolled 10 568 ACS survivors from 555 hospitals in 20 countries in Europe and Latin America, between September 2010 and March 2011. HCRU was evaluated in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-STsegment elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), with or without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Multivariable analysis was performed to determine factors that affected resource use. Results: Before hospitalisation, more patients with STEMI than with NSTE-ACS had their first ECG (44.1% vs 36.4%, p
