ESC 2023 — Dr Ramón Luengo-Fernández (University of Oxford, UK) joins us on-site to discuss the findings from a registry which aimed to analyse the economic burden of cardiovascular disease within the EU. 

This was the first study to utilise Europe-wide patient registries and included the costs of long-term social care. Results from the registry found that cardiovascular disease cost the EU €282 billion in 2021, equivalent to 2% of Europe's gross domestic product. Health and long-term care accounted for €155 billion (55%) of the costs.

Questions:

1. What is the importance of this study?
2. What methods were used? What were some of the challenges?
3. What did you find?
4. How did you measure informal care?
5. How does this data compare to the cost analysis from 2006?
6. What were the key findings from both a public health and economic perspective?
7. In your opinion, how should policymakers use this data?

Recorded on-site at ESC Congress 2023, Amsterdam. 

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