Association of cardiovascular health screening with mortality, clinical outcomes, and health care cost: A nationwide cohort study

Hyejin Lee, Juhee Cho, Dong Wook Shin, Seung Pyo Lee, Seung Sik Hwang, Juhwan Oh, Hyung Kook Yang, Soo Hee Hwang, Ki Young Son, So Hyun Chun, Be Long Cho, Eliseo Guallar

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Abstract

Objective: To determine whether a cardiovascular disease (CVD) health screening program is associated with CVD-related health conditions, incidence of cardiovascular events, mortality, healthcare utilization, and costs. Methods: Cohort study of a 3% random sample of all Korea National Health Insurance members 40. years of age or older and free of CVD or CVD-related health conditions was conducted. A total 443,337 study participants were followed-up from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2010. Results: In primary analysis, the hazard ratios for CVD mortality, all-cause mortality, incident composite CVD events, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and cerebral hemorrhage comparing participants who attended a screening exam during 2003-2004 compared to those who did not were 0.58 (95% CI: 0.53-0.63), 0.62 (95% CI: 0.60-0.64), 0.82 (95% CI: 0.78-0.85), 0.84 (95% CI: 0.75-0.93), 0.84 (95% CI: 0.79-0.89), and 0.73 (95% CI: 0.67-0.80), respectively. Screening attenders had higher rates of newly diagnosed hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia, lower inpatient days of stay and cost, and lower outpatient cost compared to non-attenders. Conclusions: Participation in CVD health screening was associated with lower rates of CVD, all-cause mortality, and CVD events, higher detection of CVD-related health conditions, and lower healthcare utilization and costs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)19-25
Number of pages7
JournalPreventive Medicine
Volume70
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Mortality
  • Risk factors
  • Screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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