Clinical comorbidities, treatment patterns, and direct medical costs of patients with osteoarthritis in usual care: a retrospective claims database analysis.
Clinical comorbidities, treatment patterns, and direct medical costs of patients with osteoarthritis in usual care: a retrospective claims database analysis.
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DOI：
10.3111/13696998.2011.594347
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Stacey, Brett R
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作者：
Gore, Mugdha;Tai, Kei-Sing;Stacey, Brett R
目的：临床实践中骨关节炎（OA）患者的合并症和资源利用很少被描述。本研究的目的是检查合并症，疼痛相关的药物治疗，并与OA患者在临床practice.METHOD的直接医疗费用：这种回顾性队列分析使用医疗和药房索赔数据从LifeLink数据库。OA患者（ICD-9-CM代码715.XX）与非OA患者匹配（年龄、性别和地区）。共病，疼痛相关的药物治疗，和直接医疗费用（药房，门诊，住院，总）进行了检查2008年。结果：样本包括112，951 OA患者和112，951对照组（平均年龄：56.9 [SD=9.5]岁; 62%的女性）。相对于对照组，OA患者更有可能（p
OBJECTIVE: Comorbidities and resource utilization among patients with osteoarthritis (OA) in clinical practice have been infrequently characterized. The purpose of this study was to examine comorbidities, pain-related pharmacotherapy, and direct medical costs of patients with OA in clinical practice.METHOD: This retrospective cohort analysis used medical and pharmacy claims data from the LifeLink Database. OA patients (ICD-9-CM codes 715.XX) were matched (age, gender, and region) with individuals without OA. Comorbidities, pain-related pharmacotherapy, and direct medical costs (pharmacy, outpatient, inpatient, total) were examined for the calendar year 2008.RESULTS: The sample consisted of 112,951 OA patients and 112,951 controls (mean age: 56.9 [SD=9.5] years; 62% female). Relative to controls, OA patients were significantly more likely (p