Healthcare Resource Use and Costs Associated with Opioid Initiation Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Endometriosis with Commercial Insurance in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To compare all-cause and endometriosis-related healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and healthcare costs by service categories (outpatient, inpatient, emergency room [ER], pharmacy) among patients with newly diagnosed endometriosis using opioids compared to patients with endometriosis not using opioids.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of IBM® MarketScan® Commercial Claims data from 2009 to 2018 was performed for women aged 18-49 with newly diagnosed endometriosis (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 code 617.xx; ICD-10 code N80.xx) over 24 months follow-up. Patients were stratified on the basis of opioid use within 12 months post first endometriosis diagnosis date. Patients with opioid use were 1:1 matched to patients without opioid use using pro

SUBMITTER: Estes SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7467429 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature