Patient characteristics and hospitalisation costs of spinal muscular atrophy in Spain: a retrospective multicentre database analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To analyse the characteristics of patients diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy in Spain, and to revise data on disease management and use of resources in both public and private healthcare centres. DESIGN:A retrospective multicentre database analysis. SETTING:870 admission records registered between 1997 and 2015 with a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy were extracted from a Spanish claims database that includes hospital inpatient and outpatient admissions from 313 public and 192 private hospitals in Spain. RESULTS:Admission files corresponded to 705 patients; 61.99% were males and 38.01% females. Average patient age was 37 years. Disease comorbidities registered during the admission consistently included hypertension, scoliosis and respiratory failures, all associated wit

SUBMITTER: Darba J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886931 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature