Results: A total of 22 articles were selected for review. However five articles were further excluded because they
were cost-minimization analyses, whilst one included patients with stroke. Of the final 16 articles, one article
addressed both centre-based cardiac rehabilitation versus no rehabilitation, as well as home-based cardiac
rehabilitation versus no rehabilitation. Therefore, nine studies compared cost-effectiveness between centre-based
supervised CR and no CR; three studies examined that between centre- and home based CR; one between
inpatient and outpatient CR; and four between home-based CR and no CR. These studies were characterized by
differences in the study perspectives, economic study designs and time frames, as well as variability in clinical data
and assumptions made on costs. Overall, the studies suggested that: (1) supervised centre-based CR was highly
cost-effective and the dominant strategy when compared to no CR; (2) home-based CR was no different from
centre-based CR; (3) no difference existed between inpatient and outpatient CR; and (4) home-based programs
were generally cost-saving compared to no CR.