Health-care utilization, costs, and the burden of disease related to eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has rapidly become a major cause of upper GI morbidity, but health-care costs related to EoE have not been described. This study aimed to estimate EoE-related health-care costs and utilization in the United States.

Methods

We performed a study on health-care utilization of EoE cases compared with age- and sex-matched controls using administrative claims data, representative of the commercially insured population in the United States. Cases of EoE were identified using a previously validated definition. We assessed inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, outpatient prescription, and endoscopy-related costs for patients with EoE, and estimated total costs related to EoE extrapolated to the US population.

Results

We identifi

SUBMITTER: Jensen ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4590991 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature