Cost-of-illness analysis of chronic urticaria clinical management in five countries of Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a disease with a high impact on the quality of life of patients. There are some evaluations of the economic cost of the disease in developed countries, but there is little information about the economic cost of the disease in developing countries. Our aim was to assess the economic diagnostic and therapeutic expenses of CSU in five Latin American (LA) countries.

Methods

A noninterventional multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in five LA countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. To determine the frequency of medical interventions as well as clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of CSU patients, questionnaires were administered to patients, primary care physicians, allergists, and dermatologis

SUBMITTER: Sanchez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature