Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Health Information and Quality Authority. Health technology assessment (HTA) of a national screening programme for atrial fibrillation in primary care. Dublin: Health Information and Quality Authority. 2015 Authors' objectives The terms of reference for the HTA were:
- to review the international clinical evidence on the effectiveness and safety of screening for atrial fibrillation,
- to review the available literature on the cost-effectiveness of screening programmes for atrial fibrillation,
- to estimate the clinical benefits, cost-effectiveness, resource implications and budget impact of a national screening programme for atrial fibrillation in Ireland,
- based on this assessment, to advise on the cost-effectiveness of an Irish screening programme for atrial fibrillation.
Authors' conclusions Annual opportunistic screening of men and women aged 65 years and older by pulse palpation followed by ECG confirmation of an irregular pulse in the Irish primary care setting is likely to be cost-effective using conventional willingness-to-pay thresholds, assuming that those detected through screening have a comparable stroke risk profile as those detected by routine practice. Increasing the start age of screening or
the screening interval may improve the cost-effectiveness of a prospective screening programme. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Atrial Fibrillation; Humans; Primary Health Care; Technology Assessment, Biomedical Language Published English Country of organisation Ireland English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Health Information and Quality Authority, George's Court, George's Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7. PH: +353 21 240 9300 Email: info@hiqa.ie AccessionNumber 32015001222 Date abstract record published 14/12/2015 |