OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the @entity583 ( @entity583 ) network of Catalonia (Codi Infart). DESIGN: Cost-utility analysis. SETTING: The analysis was from the Catalonian Autonomous Community in Spain, with a population of about 7.5 million @entity1 . @entity1 : @entity1 with @entity583 treated within the autonomous community of Catalonia (Spain) included in the IAM CAT II-IV and Codi Infart registries. OUTCOME MEASURES: Costs included hospitalisation, procedures and additional personnel and were obtained according to the reperfusion strategy. Clinical outcomes were defined as 30-day avoided mortality and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), before (N=356) and after network implementation (N=2140). RESULTS: A substitution effect and a technology effect were observed; aggregate costs increased by 2.6%. The substitution effect resulted from increased use of primary coronary angioplasty, a relatively expensive procedure and a decrease in fibrinolysis. Primary coronary angioplasty increased from 31% to 89% with the network, and fibrinolysis decreased from 37% to 3%. Rescue coronary angioplasty declined from 11% to 4%, and no reperfusion from 21% to 4%. The technological effect was related to improvements in the percutaneous coronary intervention procedure that increased efficiency, reducing the average length of the hospital stay. Mean costs per @entity1 decreased from    8306 to    7874 for @entity1 with primary coronary angioplasty. Clinical outcomes in @entity1 treated with primary coronary angioplasty did not change significantly, although 30-day mortality decreased from 7.5% to 5.6%. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio resulted in an extra cost of    4355 per life saved (30-day mortality) and    495 per QALY. Below a cost threshold of    30   000, results were sensitive to variations in costs and outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: The Catalan @entity583 network (Codi Infart) is cost-efficient. Further studies are needed in geopolitical different scenarios.

Cost-effectiveness of a European XXXX network: results from the Catalan Codi Infart network.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people'] @entity583 :: ('MESH:D009203', 'Disease') :: ['STEMI', 'ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction']
@entity583 :: (MESH:D009203,Disease) :: ['ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction']
