Current treatment status and medical cost for multiple sclerosis based on analysis of a Japanese claims database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assist policymakers as they reflect on treatment protocols and approaches for the efficient delivery of medical care for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in Japan.

Methods

We analyzed data from a large Japanese health insurance claims database. Using an algorithm based on diagnosis codes, all patients with a diagnosis of MS were identified; patients having a non-MS demyelinating disease were excluded from the population. MS patient data were used for cross-sectional analysis carried out on the data collected at a certain period. We identified a total of 1808 MS patients, and we analyzed data for 1133 patients with an observation period of ≥6 months from October 2013 to September 2014. Newly diagnosed MS patients were identified within the MS patients, and their

SUBMITTER: Ogino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5071668 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature