A Linked Electronic Medical Record-Claims Analysis of the Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Patients Coded for Erosive Esophagitis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Erosive esophagitis (EE) is a severe form of gastroesophageal reflux disease commonly treated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The aim of this retrospective, observational cohort study was to describe the characteristics and healthcare burden of patients with EE.

Methods

We identified adults in the USA with an EE diagnosis between January  1, 2016 and February 28, 2019 in a linked dataset containing electronic health records (EHR) from the Veradigm Network EHR and claims data from Komodo Health. Patients were required to have 1 year of baseline data and 3 years of follow-up data. Patients were stratified by the number of PPI lines of therapy (LOT) during the 4-year study period. We descriptively captured patient characteristics and treatment patterns, along w

SUBMITTER: Yadlapati R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature