title: [Socioeconomic aspects of the treatment of arrhythmias].
abstract: In the current clinical cardiac electrophysiology well-defined and effective concepts regarding the diagnostic and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias have been introduced. A further improvement in the cost-benefit and the cost-effectiveness relationships in several fields of cardiac electrophysiology depends on the future technical progress and on the results of ongoing and future scientific studies. On the other side very cost-saving electrophysiological treatments had been developed; the broader clinical use of these treatments is a possibility to optimize the costs for patients' care with cardiac arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim. joerg.neuzner@kerckhoff.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neuzner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents