Cost-Effectiveness of Mobile Health–Based Integrated Care for Atrial Fibrillation: Model Development and Data Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 24; no. 4; p. e29408
• Main Authors: Luo, Xueyan, Xu, Wei, Ming, Wai-Kit, Jiang, Xinchan, Yuan, Quan, Lai, Han, Huang, Chunji, Zhong, Xiaoni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 19.04.2022; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Anticoagulants; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Blood pressure; Cardiac arrhythmia; Clinical outcomes; Clinical research; Clinical trials; Comorbidity; Cost analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Data Analysis; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Diabetes; Disease management; Economics; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Health care industry; Health services; Health status; Heart failure; Humans; Hypertension; Integrated approach; Integrated care; Integrated delivery systems; Markov chains; Markov processes; Medical care, Cost of; Medical personnel; Medical technology; Original Paper; Patients; Population; Public health; Quality adjusted life years; Robustness; Sensitivity analysis; Stroke; Surveys; Symptom management; Telemedicine; Thromboembolism; Willingness to pay; China; United States > US; cost-effectiveness; atrial fibrillation; integrated care; mobile health; model-based; health economic evaluation; ABC pathway

Mobile health (mHealth) technology is increasingly used in disease management. Using mHealth tools to integrate and streamline care has improved clinical outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to investigate the potential clinical and health economic outcomes o...