Economic burden of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: DISCOVER study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To estimate the socioeconomic burden of people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (pwSPMS), considering direct health care, direct non-health care, and indirect costs, and to evaluate the relationship between costs and patients' functional outcomes.

Methods

Observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study with retrospective real-life clinical practice data collection from pwSPMS visiting the neurology services of 34 hospitals during 2019-2020. Clinical data included Expanded Disability Status Scale scores, number of relapses, magnetic resonance imaging, disease-modifying treatment (DMT), symptoms, and comorbidities from 24 months before the study visit. Resource use and allied costs were collected 12 months before the study visit. Patient-reported outc

SUBMITTER: Oreja-Guevara C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11983732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature