Prevalence and Costs of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been continually increasing in prevalence, but current estimates are lacking. We aimed to determine updated estimates of the prevalence and medical costs associated with EoE in the United States (U.S.).

Methods

We used two large administrative databases, MarketScan and Medicare, and International Classification of Disease codes to calculate annual prevalence of EoE, as well as age- and sex-stratified estimates, standardized to the U.S.

Population

Health care utilization, including medications and endoscopic procedures, was quantified, and annual EoE-associated costs were estimated.

Results

We identified 20,435 EoE cases in MarketScan in 2022 and 1913 EoE cases in Medicare in 2017. This translated to prevalenc

SUBMITTER: Thel HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11761390 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature