Healthcare resource utilization of patients with mitochondrial disease in an outpatient hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Mitochondrial diseases present as multi-system disorders requiring a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach. The data on healthcare resource utilization associated with mitochondrial diseases and the clinical drivers of these costs are limited including for the out-patient setting where the majority of the clinical care for mitochondrial disease patients occurs. We performed a cross-sectional retrospective study of out-patient healthcare resource utilization and costs for patients with a confirmed diagnosis of mitochondrial disease.

Methods

We recruited participants from the Mitochondrial Disease Clinic in Sydney and stratified them into three groups: those with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations (Group 1), those with nuclear DNA (nDNA) mutations

SUBMITTER: Haque S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature