Profile, Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: A Real-World Analysis in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare autoimmune diseases triggering inflammation of small vessels. This real-world analysis was focused on the most common AAV forms, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), to describe patients' demographic and clinical characteristics, therapeutic management, disease progression, and the related economic burden.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted on administrative databases of a representative sample of Italian healthcare entities, covering approximately 12 million residents. Between January 2010 and December 2020, adult GPA patients were identified by payment waiver code or hospitalization discharge diagnosis, and MPA patients by paymen

SUBMITTER: Degli Esposti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611841 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature