The burden of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited data on the comparative economic and humanistic burden of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the United States. The objective was to examine the burden of disease comparing NASH to a representative sample of the general population and separately to a type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cohort by assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures, healthcare resource use (HRU) and work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI).

Methods

Data came from the 2016 National Health and Wellness Survey, a nationally representative patient-reported outcomes survey conducted in the United States. Respondents with physician-diagnosed NASH, physician-diagnosed T2DM, and respondents from the general population were compared. Humanistic burden was exam

SUBMITTER: Tapper EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature