Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity : a retrospective electronic health record study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of pre-existing painful musculoskeletal conditions on healthcare utilization and costs among patients with five common conditions: acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, cancer, dementia and pneumonia.

METHODS: Using primary and secondary care services data from electronic health records, a negative binomial regression model was used to compare resource use while a two-part model was used to compare costs across the five conditions, between those with and without a pre-existing musculoskeletal pain.

RESULTS: The study included 760,792 patients (144,870 with ACS, 121,208 with stroke, 231,702 with cancer, 134,638 with dementia, and 128,374 with pneumonia) in the complete case analysis. Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain had an incident rate ratio of above one for most healthcare resources over the follow-up period and an adjusted additional mean cumulative total healthcare costs per patient of £674.59 (95%CI 570.30 to 778.87) for ACS; £613.34 (95%CI 496.87 to 729.82) for stroke; £459.26 (95%CI 376.60 to 541.91) for cancer; and £766.23 (95%CI 655.06 to 877.39) for dementia over five years after diagnosis; and £200.85 (95%CI 104.16 to 297.55) for pneumonia over one year after diagnosis compared to those without musculoskeletal pain.

CONCLUSION: This study highlights that individuals with painful musculoskeletal conditions have higher healthcare utiliszation and costs than those without painful musculoskeletal conditions. Given the high occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in patients with other conditions, effective management strategies are needed to reduce the burden on healthcare resources.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Current medical research and opinion - (2023) vom: 19. Okt., Seite 1-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Png, May Ee [VerfasserIn]
Mason, Kayleigh J [VerfasserIn]
Marshall, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Jordan, Kelvin P [VerfasserIn]
Bailey, James [VerfasserIn]
Frisher, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Heron, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Huntley, Alyson L [VerfasserIn]
Mallen, Christian D [VerfasserIn]
Mamas, Mamas A [VerfasserIn]
Tatton, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
White, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, John J [VerfasserIn]
Achana, Felix [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comorbidity
Cost
Journal Article
Musculoskeletal
Pain

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Date Revised 25.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1080/03007995.2023.2271862

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363462260