Economic and Health Care Resource Use Burden of Systemic Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the health care resource use (HCRU) and costs of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) prior to and after diagnosis.

Methods

This retrospective study used a claims data set (Merative MarketScan; 2015-2019). Eligible patients with SSc were identified by diagnosis codes and required at least 24 months of enrollment without an SSc diagnosis before their first SSc claim and at least 12 months of enrollment thereafter. Total HCRU and costs were reported for three intervals: 2 years and 1 year before and 1 year after index diagnosis. A general population cohort without SSc was matched 1:1 to the SSC cohort on age and sex for comparison.

Results

Eligibility criteria identified 902 patients with SSc (mean age: 54 years old; 85% female). Mean per-member

SUBMITTER: Khanna D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature