TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the economics of adult congenital heart disease
AU - Seckeler, Michael D.
AU - Thomas, Ian D.
AU - Andrews, Jennifer
AU - Joiner, Keith
AU - Klewer, Scott E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - Adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) now outnumber children with the disease. Thanks to medical advances over the past 75 years, many of these fatal childhood heart problems have changed to chronic medical conditions. As the population of adults with CHD increases, they will require increasingly complex medical, surgical and catheter-based therapies. In addition, social burdens including education, employment and insurability, which increase the societal costs of adult CHD, are now being recognized for adults living with CHD. This review summarizes the available literature on the economics of adult CHD.
AB - Adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) now outnumber children with the disease. Thanks to medical advances over the past 75 years, many of these fatal childhood heart problems have changed to chronic medical conditions. As the population of adults with CHD increases, they will require increasingly complex medical, surgical and catheter-based therapies. In addition, social burdens including education, employment and insurability, which increase the societal costs of adult CHD, are now being recognized for adults living with CHD. This review summarizes the available literature on the economics of adult CHD.
KW - Adult congenital heart disease
KW - Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
KW - atrial septal defects
KW - chronic disease
KW - economics
KW - healthcare resource utilization
KW - tetralogy of Fallot
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U2 - 10.1586/14737167.2016.1140575
DO - 10.1586/14737167.2016.1140575
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26765559
AN - SCOPUS:84958166029
SN - 1473-7167
VL - 16
SP - 85
EP - 96
JO - Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
JF - Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
IS - 1
ER -