Jason E Bloom, Emily Nehme, Elizabeth Davida Paratz, Luke Dawson, Adam J Nelson, Jocasta Ball, Amminadab Eliakundu, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, David Anderson, Stephen Bernard, Aidan Burrell, Andrew A Udy, David Pilcher, Shelley Cox, William Chan, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, David Kaye, Ziad Nehme, Dion Stub
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the healthcare costs and impact on the economy at large arising from emergency medical services (EMS) treated non-traumatic shock. DESIGN: We conducted a population-based cohort study, where EMS-treated patients were individually linked to hospital-wide and state-wide administrative datasets. Direct healthcare costs (Australian dollars, AUD) were estimated for each element of care using a casemix funding method. The impact on productivity was assessed using a Markov state-transition model with a 3-year horizon...
April 28, 2024: BMJ Open