Methods for estimating costs in patients with hyperlipidemia experiencing their first cardiovascular event in the United Kingdom

Figures & data

Figure 1. Overview of the costing process.

Table 1. Utilization and costs after CV event (2014 £).

Resource	Mean acute 6-month costs		Mean long-term annual costs
	Cost per patient (SE)	Utilization	Cost per patient (SE)	Utilization
Initial CV Hospitalization	£2,889 (27.1)	9.9 day LOS	NA	NA
Non-CV Hospitalizations	£1,171 (26.8)	5.9 day LOS	£1,433 (62.7)	4.6 day LOS
Total Hospitalizations	£4,060 (28.4)	8.3 day LOS	£1,433 (62.7)	4.6 day LOS
Prescriptions	£98 (0.9)	12.1 prescriptions	£209 (1.9)	23.3 prescriptions
GP Visits	£377 (2.8)	6.3 visits	£518 (3.8)	8.4 visits
Specialist Visits	£59 (0.7)	0.3 visits	£103 (1.0)	0.5 visits
Total Cost	£4,594 (39.0)		£2,263 (60.4)

NA, Not Applicable because patients were censored at subsequent CV hospitalizations; LOS, length of stay.

Figure 2: Costs by CV event, type of cost, and time after CV event. See methods for abbreviations and definitions of cost types.