meps_costs: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) costs.
In UBESP-DCTV/imthcm: Integrated Mdelling Tool - Helath and Cost Modules

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Costs for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and stroke were derived from the report of the American Heart Association (1) (which reported data on costs derived from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), considering 2015 data. Unitary costs (medical, indirect, and total) have been calculated by dividing the projected number of CHD and strokes by the corresponding projected costs (for 2015).

1	meps_costs

A data frame with 2 rows and 6 variables:

event: event considered
individual_cost: individual cost event
currences: currences for the cost considered

Costs for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) were derived from the paper of Fen et al (2). They were represented only by medical costs and referred to the year 2010. Also COPD costs reported in the paper were derived from the MEPS survey. Cost estimates are based on an exchange rate EUR-USD of 1.233.

(1) Projections of cardiovascular disease prevalence and costs: 2015–2035 O Khavjou, D Phelps, A Leib - 2017. Available at: https://healthmetrics.heart.org/projections-of-cardiovascular-disease/ (2) Total and State-Specific Medical and Absenteeism Costs of COPD Among Adults Aged 18 Years in the United States for 2010 and Projections Through 2020. Ford, Earl S. et al. CHEST, Volume 147, Issue 1, 31-45

UBESP-DCTV/imthcm documentation built on Dec. 2, 2019, 9:26 a.m.