Economic burden of cirrhosis in Catalonia: a population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cirrhosis is a chronic disease with high morbidity and mortality. Few studies have evaluated healthcare resource use in patients with cirrhosis. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to describe the point prevalence of cirrhosis on 31 December 2012 and the population-level distribution of healthcare resource use and expenditures in a non-selected population of patients with cirrhosis, stratified by whether their disease was compensated or decompensated, and by comorbidity burden. METHODS:This population study included all known patients aged >18 years with cirrhosis (according to International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision) in Catalonia, Spain, on 31 December 2012. We evaluated healthcare resource use and expenditure during 2013, taking into account the presence of decompensation befo

SUBMITTER: Miquel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855312 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature