Cost consequences of point-of-care troponin T testing in a Swedish primary health care setting.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care troponin T testing (POCT-TnT) for the management of patients with chest pain in primary care. DESIGN:Prospective observational study with follow-up. SETTING:Three primary health care (PHC) centres using POCT-TnT and four PHC centres not using POCT-TnT in south-east Sweden. PATIENTS:All patients ≥ 35 years of age, contacting one of the PHC centres for chest pain, dyspnoea on exertion, unexplained weakness and/or fatigue, with no other probable cause than cardiac, were included. Symptoms must have commenced or worsened during the previous seven days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Emergency referral rates, diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or unstable angina (UA), and costs were collected for 30 days after the patient sought care at the PHC centre. RESULTS:A total of 196 patients with chest pain were included: 128 in PHC centres with POCT-TnT and 68 in PHC centres without POCT-TnT. Fewer patients from the PHC centres with POCT-TnT (n = 32, 25%) were emergently referred to hospital than from centres without POCT-TnT (n = 29, 43%; p = 0.011). Eight patients (6.2%) from PHC centres with POCT-TnT were diagnosed with AMI or UA compared with six patients (8.8%) from centres without POCT-TnT (p = 0.565). Two patients with AMI or UA were classified as missed cases from PHC centres with POCT-TnT and there were no missed cases from PHC centres without POCT-TnT. SKr290 000 was saved per missed case of AMI or UA. CONCLUSION:The use of POCT-TnT in primary care may be cost saving but at the expense of missed cases.

authors

Nilsson S,Andersson A,Janzon M,Karlsson JE,Levin LÅ

doi

10.3109/02813432.2014.984901

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-12-01 00:00:00

pages

241-7

issue

4

eissn

0281-3432

issn

1502-7724

journal_volume

32

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