Real-world analysis of healthcare resource utilization by patients with X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a rare, life-threatening congenital myopathy with multisystem involvement, often requiring invasive ventilator support, gastrostomy tube feeding, and wheelchair use. Understanding healthcare resource utilization in patients with XLMTM is important for development of targeted therapies but data are limited.

Methods

We analyzed individual medical codes as governed by Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, Current Procedural Terminology, and International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) for a defined cohort of XLMTM patients within a US medical claims database. Using third-party tokenization software, we defined a cohort of XLMTM patient tokens from a de-identified dataset in a research registry of diagno

SUBMITTER: Graham RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature