Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program

The TN STEMI Program was a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in Tamil Nadu, India, that assessed the effects of implementing the STEMI India Model for the management of STEMI. We discuss the economic and societal impact in this article. Given that the intervention resulted in a...

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Autores principales: Varshini Neethi Mohan, Thomas Alexander, V. R. Muraleedharan, Ajit Mullasari, Jagat Narula, Umesh N. Khot, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Dharam J. Kumbhani
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ab7d917487d74847943f8837e08414852021-12-02T09:44:32ZEconomic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program2214-999610.5334/aogh.2508https://doaj.org/article/ab7d917487d74847943f8837e08414852019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2508https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996The TN STEMI Program was a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in Tamil Nadu, India, that assessed the effects of implementing the STEMI India Model for the management of STEMI. We discuss the economic and societal impact in this article. Given that the intervention resulted in an absolute mortality reduction of 3.4%, we calculated a number needed to treat of 30 patients. At an annualized project cost of INR 15.11 million, this approximately calculates to INR 193,749 (USD 3,311) per life saved. The utility of the TN-STEMI Program can be estimated to be 1,108 life-years. This calculates to approximately INR 13,643 (USD 233) per life-year saved. Our estimates will likely be of particular interest to policy makers in low and middle-income countries, where financial and resource constraints pose a perennial public health challenge.Varshini Neethi MohanThomas AlexanderV. R. MuraleedharanAjit MullasariJagat NarulaUmesh N. KhotBrahmajee K. NallamothuDharam J. KumbhaniUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 85, Iss 1 (2019)
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topic Infectious and parasitic diseases
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Public aspects of medicine
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spellingShingle Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
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Varshini Neethi Mohan
Thomas Alexander
V. R. Muraleedharan
Ajit Mullasari
Jagat Narula
Umesh N. Khot
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Dharam J. Kumbhani
Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
description The TN STEMI Program was a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in Tamil Nadu, India, that assessed the effects of implementing the STEMI India Model for the management of STEMI. We discuss the economic and societal impact in this article. Given that the intervention resulted in an absolute mortality reduction of 3.4%, we calculated a number needed to treat of 30 patients. At an annualized project cost of INR 15.11 million, this approximately calculates to INR 193,749 (USD 3,311) per life saved. The utility of the TN-STEMI Program can be estimated to be 1,108 life-years. This calculates to approximately INR 13,643 (USD 233) per life-year saved. Our estimates will likely be of particular interest to policy makers in low and middle-income countries, where financial and resource constraints pose a perennial public health challenge.
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author Varshini Neethi Mohan
Thomas Alexander
V. R. Muraleedharan
Ajit Mullasari
Jagat Narula
Umesh N. Khot
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Dharam J. Kumbhani
author_facet Varshini Neethi Mohan
Thomas Alexander
V. R. Muraleedharan
Ajit Mullasari
Jagat Narula
Umesh N. Khot
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Dharam J. Kumbhani
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title Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
title_short Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
title_full Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
title_fullStr Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
title_full_unstemmed Economic and Societal Impact of a Systems-of-Care Approach for STEMI Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the TN STEMI Program
title_sort economic and societal impact of a systems-of-care approach for stemi management in low and middle-income countries: insights from the tn stemi program
publisher Ubiquity Press
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/ab7d917487d74847943f8837e0841485
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