Societal costs and health related quality of life in adult atopic dermatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cost-of-illness studies are widely used for healthcare decision-making in chronic conditions. Our aim was to assess the cost-of-illness of adult atopic dermatitis (AD) from the societal perspective in Hungary.

Methods

We conducted a multicentre, cross-sectional questionnaire survey between February 2018 and January 2021. Data was collected from consecutive AD patients aged ≥ 18 years and their physicians at dermatology departments in Hungary. We calculated direct and indirect costs, including costs for treatments, outpatient visits, hospital admissions, informal care, travel costs and productivity loss. To assess indirect costs, the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire was used to collect data, and costs were estimated with the human capi

SUBMITTER: Beretzky Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature