What is the health economic evidence profile for rehabilitation in chronic heart failure?
The health economic evidence profile for rehabilitation in chronic heart failure includes an incremental cost, incremental effects, cost effectiveness, and uncertainty. The study identified is partially applicable with very serious limitations and a small sample size, which has a significant impact on cost per patient for the home training group. The baseline patient characteristics are not typical with a very high proportion of males and the usual care group is nearly 10 years younger than the hospital group, suggesting there is selection bias. No discounting was undertaken and an additional comparator of usual care was also included in the study. Both hospital training and home training were cost saving compared to usual care. For further detail see the full evidence table in appendix G.