Questionnaire for Measuring Health Care Costs in Cardiac Patients
Author Information
Author(s): Bernd Schweikert, Harry Hahmann, Reiner Leidl
Primary Institution: Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München
Hypothesis
Can a patient-administered questionnaire effectively measure disease-related costs for patients after an acute cardiac event?
Conclusion
The questionnaire was well accepted and showed good correlation with alternative measurement approaches.
Supporting Evidence
- The questionnaire had a response rate of 88%.
- Patients completed the questionnaire in an average of 27 minutes.
- Concordance between retrospective and prospective data showed ICCs ranging from 0.57 to 0.9.
Takeaway
Researchers created a questionnaire to help heart patients report their health care costs, and it worked well.
Methodology
A retrospective questionnaire was developed and tested on 106 patients after an acute cardiac event, comparing responses with administrative data.
Potential Biases
Potential selection bias due to differences in age and employment status between responders and non-responders.
Limitations
The study may not represent all age groups, as it excluded patients over 65, and the sample size for administrative data comparison was small.
Participant Demographics
{"mean_age":55,"age_range":"30-65","gender_distribution":{"male":90,"female":16},"insurance_status":{"statutory":91,"private":13,"not_available":2}}
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