Long-term direct and indirect costs of ulcerative colitis in a privately-insured United States population

Objective: Prior evaluations of ulcerative colitis (UC)-related costs are dated or encompassed limited follow-up. This study assessed the incremental direct and indirect work loss-related costs of privately-insured patients with UC in the United States, overall and in specific subgroups.Methods: In this retrospective matched cohort study, the OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc (formerly Optum Health Reporting and Insights employer) database (01 January 1999-31 March 2017) was used to identify adult patients with ≥2 claims for UC, who were matched 1:5 to patients with no claims for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). UC subgroups were identified based on indicators during the observation period (i.e. use of biologics, opioids, or corticosteroids; UC-related surgery; moderate-to-severe disease; UC-related comorbidities). Healthcare resource utilization (HRU), work loss days, and direct and work loss-related costs were compared between matched cohorts. Descriptive analyses of direct and work loss-related costs were conducted within each UC subgroup.Results: Compared to the non-IBD cohort (n = 46,765), the UC cohort (n = 9353) incurred higher HRU, including 128% more inpatients visits, resulting in $11,029 higher direct costs per patient per year (PPPY; $7170 vs. $18,198; p < .001). Patients in the UC cohort also incurred more work loss days, resulting in $2142 higher work loss-related costs PPPY ($3165 vs. $5307; p < .001). Direct and work loss-related costs were particularly high in the UC subgroups, with patients undergoing UC-related surgery incurring the highest costs.Conclusions: Over ∼5 years follow-up, patients with UC had significantly higher all-cause direct healthcare and indirect work loss-related costs compared to matched patients without IBD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Current medical research and opinion - 36(2020), 8 vom: 18. Aug., Seite 1285-1294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pilon, Dominic [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Zhijie [VerfasserIn]
Muser, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Obando, Camilo [VerfasserIn]
Voelker, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Manceur, Ameur M [VerfasserIn]
Kinkead, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Lafeuille, Marie-Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Lefebvre, Patrick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic burden
Colon
Costs
Journal Article
Real-world data
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ulcerative colitis
Work loss

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Date Completed 01.06.2021

Date Revised 01.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/03007995.2020.1771293

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310095107