The Cost - Effectiveness of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Nonsurgical Candidates

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future Neils Bohr Life expectancy in the United States has steadily increased in the past century, from just <60 years in 1930, to just <70 years in 1960, and to just <80 years in 2010. Progress, however, has its price. The numbers of elderly and very elderly members of the population in the United States and other developed nations are increasing rapidly along with their age-related health problems. At the same time, healthcare spending has risen dramatically. As new medical treatments have become more expensive to discover and produce, and the incremental benefits those treatments provide have become smaller, there is a growing perception that the return on continued increases in healthcare spending may be diminishing.