Economic analysis including long-term risks and costs of alternative diagnostic strategies to evaluate patients with chest pain

Table 1 Costing data of tests, clinical events and coronary angiography

	Direct Costs		Indirect Costs
	Relative ³	Absolute	Events	Morbidity	Mortality	Overall
c-TnT or I		13,50⁴
treadmill exercise test	1	140
stress echocardiography	2.1×	294
SPECT scintigraphy	5.7×	798
Coronary Angiography	21.7×	3038
Unstable Angina			10.301³	510¹		10.811
Acute Myocardial Infarction			16.781³	11.502¹		28.283
Heart Failure			14.090¹	11.502¹		25.592
Cardiac Death			10.414⁵		114.484¹	124.898
Fatal Cancer			50.549²	12.309²	75.387²	138.246
Non Fatal Cancer			50.549²	12.309²		62.858

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