Smoking Status and Cost of Illness in Patients with Depressive Disorder Based on the National Health Survey in Spain

Autor: Julio Bobes, Sergio Cedillo Gómez, Eugeni Bruguera, M.P. García-Portilla, Alejandra López Ibáñez de Aldecoa
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Substance Use & Misuse. 54:713-723
ISSN: 1532-2491
1082-6084
DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2018.1536717
Popis: BACKGROUND Twenty-one percent of subjects with depressive disorder (DD) smoke. This prevalence is expected to be related to healthcare resources utilization (HRU) and sick leave, thereby accounting for substantial costs to the National Health System (NHS) and to society that still need to be characterized. The objective was to estimate cost of illness in patients with DD according to their smoking status. METHODS We used the 2011/2012 National Health Survey to document HRU and lost-workday equivalents (LWDE). Men and women 18+ years old with a DD self-reported to a physician in the past 12 months were categorized into: smokers (daily smokers), former smokers, and never smokers. HRU and LWDE were computed on an annualized basis. Multivariate general linear models adjusted for sex, age, and comorbidities were applied. RESULTS Data from 1,816 subjects (381 smokers, 290 former smokers, and 1,145 never smokers) were analyzed. Smokers had higher total per patient annual costs (thousands, €3.14), and higher annual healthcare costs (€2.53) than former smokers (€2.35, p
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