Background During the last decades, there has been a great interest on the link between macroeconomic conditions and health. More precisely, many studies had studied as health outcome cardiovascular disease mortality, focusing in different countries, determinants, and using numerous econometric...

We estimate effects of a health check-up on non-communicable disease (NCD) diagnosis and management among Chinese adults aged 50 and older. Using five waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) spanning a period of 9 years and a fixed-effect instrumental variable (IV)...

Objective: Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent condition affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Continuous monitoring and targeted behavioral interventions have been shown to improve health status and quality of life for HF patients. Digital therapeutics offer the possibility to make more...

The purpose of the report is to provide information on access to treatment for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Vietnam. This information is relevant to the application of international protection status determination (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and migration legislation in EU+...

The purpose of the report is to provide information on access to cardiovascular diseases treatment in Ghana. This information is relevant to the application of international protection status determination (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and migration legislation in EU+ countries.

Background Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) is a global public health concern. This study aimed to estimate the healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs stratified by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk categories using real-world evidence, in a regional population in...

This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative...

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionize many fields, but its clinical implementation in cardiovascular imaging is still rare despite increasing research. We sought to facilitate discussion across several fields and across the lifecycle of research, development, validation, and...

Background: Excessive salt consumption is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), especially through increased blood pressure. In Brazil, the average salt intake is almost twice the international recommendations, and the current population-level salt reduction policies...

Population-based screening can prevent disease but also induce false positives to use low-value healthcare. Using data on individuals aged 40+ in rural South Africa and a multidimensional regression discontinuity design, we estimate effects of clinical referral based on blood pressure (BP) above...

This research project financed by the ETUI pursued two objectives: to estimate the fractions of cardiovascular disease and depression attributable to five different psychosocial work factors, i.e. job strain, effort-reward imbalance, job insecurity, long working hours, and bullying in Europe (35...

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a life-threatening public health problem. Many chronic CHDs and health risks can be avoided, reversed, and reduced with proper risk assessment. Medical professionals find it challenging to anticipate heart attacks and heart failures since it is a complex process...

Early detection of heart complications is highly effective in treating patients with cardiovascular diseases. Various machine learning methods have previously been used for the early detection of heart diseases. However, existing data-driven machine learning (ML) approaches fall short of...

Objectives To optimise planning of public health services, the impact of high-cost users needs to be considered. However, most of the existing statistical models for costs do not include many clinical and social variables from administrative data that are associated with elevated health care...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a major public health concern, as it is the most common birth defect and the leading cause of death in the frst year of life if adequate surgical interventions were not provided. Unfortunately, in Lebanon, a country that has been assailed by devastating social...

Objectives Most people who develop chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), live in their homes in the community in their last year of life. Since cost-sharing is common in most countries, including those with univer‑ sal health insurance, these people incur out of pocket...

Background Today, heart failure is one of the leading causes of death and disability in most developed and developing countries. By 2030, more than 23.3 million people are projected to die of cardiovascular diseases each year, and the prevalence of heart failure is expected to increase by 25%....

Background The escalating prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) poses an unparalleled economic catastrophe to developing countries. Cardiovascular diseases remain the primary source of costs among individuals with T2DM, incurring expenses for medications, hospitalizations, and surgical...

BackgroundClinical guidelines commonly recommend preventive treatments for people above a risk-threshold. Therefore, decision-makers must have faith in risk-prediction tools and model-based cost-effectiveness analyses for people at different levels of risk. Two problems that arise are inadequate...

By detecting asymptomatic risk factors, such as hypertension, population-based screening can prevent disease but also induce use of low-value healthcare by false positives. Using data on individuals aged 40+ in rural South Africa and a multidimensional regression discontinuity design, we...

Air pollution is a global public health threat, responsible for more deaths annually than conventional lifestyle risk factors. While the link between particulate pollution and cardiovascular disease is well-established, evidence for gaseous pollutants remains limited. This study estimates the...

In the last year, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 11.1% in the United Kingdom (UK), reaching the highest value of the last 40 years. The cost of food suffered an annual increase of 16.2%, which has disproportionally affected fruit and vegetables and has led to food insecurity currently...

From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-COVID causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease deaths combined were elevated 32,000. Diabetes or obesity, drug-induced causes, and alcohol-induced causes were...