Healthcare utilization and costs following molecular diagnostic testing among patients with vaginitis.

ABSTRACT: Aim: Vaginitis and other vaginal discharge syndromes lead to high healthcare utilization. Molecular tests like syndromic multiplex real-time (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests are highly sensitive and specific at diagnosing the infectious causes of vaginitis. This study compared the healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and direct all-cause healthcare costs among patients with vaginitis in the US receiving next-day syndromic multiplex RT-PCR tests with those receiving other PCR tests or no diagnostic test of interest. Patients & methods: This retrospective study utilized claims data from IQVIA PharMetrics^® Plus database to identify adult patients with a diagnosis for vaginitis (first claim = index) from January 2021 to April 2023, with 6 months of co

SUBMITTER: Evans A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650384 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature