Direct medical costs of syncope-related hospitalizations in the United States

Little is known about the costs of syncope-related admissions in the United States. A nationally representative sample of hospital discharges and reported charges was analyzed, and costs were estimated using Medicare cost-to-charge ratios. A conservative estimate of total annual costs for syncope-re...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2005-03, Vol.95 (5), p.668-671
Main Authors: Sun, Benjamin C., Emond, Jennifer A., Camargo, Carlos A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Direct Service Costs
Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes
Female
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Hospitalization - economics
Humans
Length of Stay - economics
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Medicare - economics
Middle Aged
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Syncope - economics
United States
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Summary:Little is known about the costs of syncope-related admissions in the United States. A nationally representative sample of hospital discharges and reported charges was analyzed, and costs were estimated using Medicare cost-to-charge ratios. A conservative estimate of total annual costs for syncope-related hospitalizations was $2.4 billion (95% confidence interval [CI] $2.2 to $2.6 billion), with a mean cost of $5,400 (95% CI $5,100 to $5,600) per hospitalization. Efforts to safely decrease syncope-related admissions may result in substantial costs savings.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.013