Economic burden of adult patients with β-thalassaemia major in mainland China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

β-thalassaemia major poses a substantial economic burden, especially in adults. We aimed to estimate the economic burden of adult patients with β-thalassaemia major from a societal perspective using the real-world data. According to the clinical guideline, we also estimated the annual medical costs for patients with the same body weight and calculated the lifetime medical costs over 50 years in mainland China.

Methods

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. An online survey with snowball sampling covering seven provinces was conducted. We extracted patient demographics, caregiver demographics, disease and therapy information, caring burden, and costs for adult patients diagnosed with β-thalassaemia major and their primary caregivers. In the real world, we

SUBMITTER: Zhen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10466866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature