Subgroup analyses and patterns of multiple sclerosis health service utilisation: A cluster analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous investigations of multiple sclerosis (MS)-related healthcare have focused on utilisation of specific individual health services (e.g. hospital care, office-based neurologists) by people with MS (PwMS). Meanwhile, little is known about possible patterns of utilisation across health services and their potential differences across patient characteristics.

Objective

To comprehensively analyse and identify patterns of MS-related health service utilisation and detect patient characteristics explaining such patterns.

Methods

In 2021, we invited all PwMS insured by the largest insurance company in Lower Saxony, Germany, to take part in an online survey. We merged respondents' survey and health insurance claims data. We analysed MS-related health service ut

SUBMITTER: Fricke LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature