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• AFib practice guidelines reduce direct health care costs

  The use of practice guidelines in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients significantly decreased hospitalization and resource utilization—with an average decrease in 30-day total direct health care costs of around $1,400 per patient.  [ Get More Details ]

• Cost-savings associated with optimal anticoagulation in AFib patients

  If half of all atrial fibrillation patients receiving suboptimal or no anticoagulation instead received optimal anticoagulation, 28,000 strokes could be prevented each year at a savings of around $2.5 billion in direct…  [ Get More Details ]

• t-PA cost savings

  The total annual benefit to society from t-PA use in the United States is around $363 million—$60 million in direct cost savings to society plus an additional 7,510 QALYs. This means…  [ Get More Details ]

• Aspirin use in AFib patients

  Meta-analysis of a number of randomized controlled trials found that aspirin use in atrial fibrillation patients reduced stroke risk by an average 22%.  [ Get More Details ]

• Per-patient annual cost of treating stroke in atrial fibrillation patients

  The per-patient annual cost of treating stroke in atrial fibrillation patients was found to be $1,485 in a wellcontrolled anti-coagulation clinic, $3,710 for those receiving warfarin in routine medical care,…  [ Get More Details ]