Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction who later developed adverse cardiovascular events (ACE) and direct medical costs for the first hospitalization, life-time medical costs (LMC) for in- and out-patient stratified by major comorbidities and receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Receiving PCI | Without major comorbidities | With major comorbidities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Total | 26,193 | 12,248 | 4369 | 4573 |
No. of male (%) | 21,675 (82.8%) | 9202 (75.1%) | 3238 (74.1%) | 3109 (68.0%) |
Age (mean ± SD) | 60.9 ± 13.4 | 64.9 ± 13.7 | 70.3 ± 11.9 | 72.8 ± 12.1 |
No. of STEMI (%) | 4306 (16.4%) | 2863 (23.4%) | N/A | N/A |
No. of NSTEMI (%) | 21,887 (83.6%) | 9385 (76.6%) | N/A | N/A |
No. of deceased (%) | 5802 (22.2%) | 5397 (44.1%) | 2382 (54.5%) | 3504 (76.6%) |
Direct medical costs for the first hospitalization (US$) | 5486 | 4728 | N/A | N/A |
Follow-up outpatient LMC (US$) | 23,975 | 18,860 | N/A | N/A |
Follow-up inpatient LMC (US$) | 36,286 | 29,823 | N/A | N/A |
ACE (No. events/population) | ||||
Within 1 year | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 1317 (5.0%) | 1529 (12.5%) | 322 (7.4%) | 597 (13.1%) |
Heart Failure | 753 (2.9%) | 499 (4.1%) | 300 (6.9%) | 363 (7.9%) |
Stroke | 465 (1.8%) | 271 (2.2%) | 171 (3.9%) | 163 (3.6%) |
Within 3 years | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 1739 (6.7%) | 1751 (14.3%) | 403 (9.2%) | 688 (15.0%) |
Heart Failure | 1096 (3.5%) | 688 (5.6%) | 400 (9.2%) | 493 (10.8%) |
Stroke | 831 (2.6%) | 510 (4.2%) | 279 (6.4%) | 245 (5.4%) |
Within 18 years | ||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 2749 (10.5%) | 2247 (18.3%) | 517 (11.8%) | 783 (17.1%) |
Heart Failure | 1732 (6.6%) | 1117 (9.1%) | 510 (11.7%) | 602 (13.2%) |
Stroke | 1652 (6.3%) | 983 (8.0%) | 404 (9.2%) | 323 (7.1%) |
