All-cause healthcare cost differences across ambulatory cardiac monitoring modalities in Medicare beneficiaries: a real-world claims-based study using entropy balancing.

Pierantonio Russo¹, Ramaa Nathan¹, Mostafa Shokoohi², Erik Hendrickson³, Ken Boyle³, Mintu Turakhia^3,4, Brent Wright³

¹Eversana, Overland Park, KS, USA.

²Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

³iRhythm Technologies, San Francisco, CA, USA.

⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, are associated with substantial morbidity and healthcare utilization in older adults. Ambulatory cardiac monitoring (ACM) is used to evaluate suspected or known arrhythmias; however, monitoring modalities vary in duration, diagnostic yield, and cost. We evaluated differences in total cost of care across major ACM m…

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