Cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation after an acute coronary event: a randomised controlled trial

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. The results of the study favoured the idea that rehabilitation services should be made available and routinely offered to all survivors of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The advantages in quality of life were mostly non significant, but the cost of delivering rehabilitation services was low. The estimated incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), derived under conservative assumptions, was consistent with those accepted by decision-making public authorities.