Table 3: Costs for cardiovascular events

and revascularization procedures.

Item

DRG code

Cost

Myocardial infarction, acute care

281

$157,844.05

Ischemic stroke, acute care

064

$61,661.16

Non-fatal CV event, follow-up

Not applicable

$30,343.28*

oASCVD, annual cost

Not applicable

$30,343.28‡

Cardiovascular death

284

$173,484.63

Revascularization

248 and 233§

$230,395.20

DRG = diagnosis related groups at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (2018 version);28

CV = cardiovascular;

oASCVD = other atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

* From Hunt et al.29 This value was also used as annual cost for both the post-MI and post-IS health states.

‡ Assumed to be equal to the follow-up cost of a non-fatal CV event.

§ Weighted average. See description in text. Notes: (1) Costs based on DRG are expressed in operative-substantive level values.28 (2) All costs were updated by inflation to 2020 and are expressed in Mexican pesos.