Impact of specialist ataxia centres on health service resource utilisation and costs across Europe: cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the costs of treating ataxia and whether treatment at a specialist ataxia centre affects the cost of care. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients who attended specialist ataxia centres in three European countries reported differences in their health care use and costs compared with patients who did not attend a specialist ataxia centre. We compared mean resource use and health service costs per patient affected by ataxia in the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany over a 12-month period. Data were obtained from a survey distributed to people with ataxia in the three countries. We compared mean resource use for each contact type and costs, stratifying patients by whether they were currently attending a specialist ataxia centre or had never attended one.

SUBMITTER: Morris S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature