Patient clusters and cost trajectories in the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation cohort.
Helena AebersoldMiquel Serra-BurrielFabienne Foster-WittassekGiorgio MoschovitisStefanie AeschbacherAngelo AuricchioJürg Hans BeerEva BlozikLeo H BonatiDavid ConenStefan FelderCarola A HuberMichael KuehneAndreas MuellerJolanda OberleRebecca E PaladiniTobias ReichlinNicolas RodondiAnne SpringerAnnina StauberChristian SticherlingThomas D SzucsStefan OsswaldMatthias SchwenkglenksPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)
Our results highlight three well-defined patient clusters with specific costs that could be used for stratification in both clinical and economic studies. Patient characteristics associated with adjudicated costs as well as cost trajectories may enable an early understanding of the magnitude of upcoming AF-related healthcare costs.