Two Years of Life – The Hidden Cost of COVID for Heart Attack Patients — A study recently published |
A recent study found that patients who suffered heart attacks during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in the UK and Spain are expected to live 1.5 and 2 years less, respectively, than those who had pre-pandemic heart attacks., a journal of thelockdown in the UK and Spain are expected to have a reduced life expectancy by 1.5 and 2 years, respectively, in comparison to their pre-COVID equivalents. Additionally, the subsequent financial implications for the UK and Spain are projected to be £36.
During the first wave of the pandemic, about 40% fewer heart attack patients went to hospital2,3 as governments told people to stay at home, people were afraid of catching the, and some routine emergency care was stopped. Compared to receiving timely treatment, heart attack patients who stayed at home were more than twice as likely to die,4 while those who delayed going to the hospital were nearly twice as likely to have serious complications that could have been avoided.
The cost analysis focused on initial hospitalization and treatment, follow-up treatment, management of heart failure, and productivity loss in patients unable to return to work. For example, the cost applied to a STEMI admission with PCI was £2,837 in the UK and €8,780 in Spain. Heart failure costs were estimated at £6,086 in year one and £3,882 in all subsequent years for the UK. The equivalent figures for Spain were €3,815 and €2,930 .
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