Health Care Costs Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis in Turkey: An Analysis from Nationwide Real-World Data
| Autor: | Onur Baser, Abdulkadir Burkan, Erdem Baser, Rasim Koselerli, Emre Ertugay, Akif Altinbas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Rheumatology, Vol 2013 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-9260 1687-9279 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/139608 |
| Popis: | Objectives. To explore health care costs associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Turkey. Methods. Research-identified data from a system that processes claims for all Turkish health insurance funds were analyzed. Adult prevalent and incident AS patients with two AS visits at least 60 days apart, identified between June 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010, with at least 1 year of continuous health plan enrollment for the baseline and follow-up years were included in the study. Pharmacy, outpatient, and inpatient claims were compiled over the study period for the selected patients. Generalized linear models were used to estimate the expected annual costs, controlling for baseline demographic and clinical characteristics. Results. A total of 2.986 patients were identified, of which 603 were incident cases and 2.383 prevalent cases. The mean ages were 39 and 41 years, respectively, and 44% and 38% were women for incident and prevalent cases. Prevalent patients had higher comorbidity scores (5.01 versus 2.24, P |
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